The Life and Times of Growing Boysenberries
Are you growing boysenberries? When I was young, we had oodles of berries growing (thanks, birds!), though we never grew boysenberry. My mother taught me never to grow raspberries or …
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Oh to Be Loved Like the Foxglove Flower
A Foxglove is a plant whose flower has petals joined together at the base. Foxglove flowers look like the fingers of a glove, or a bell, and are used as …
What Ado About Weeds in the Lawn
Today's piece "Islands of Clover" gave me a good chuckle today, because it's a story about a husband and wife, and a battle over weeds in the lawn that is …
For the Love of Bees
Our human history is linked with the honeybee. Honeybees and their honey have been used in cooking for thousands of years. Honey was given as a medicine and was used …
The Most Important Garden
"Don't ever let anyone tell you gardens are a luxury," says the author of today's piece, The Most Important Garden, recounting the memory of a mother who sat awaiting an …
Breaking Ground and Building a New Garden
Ouch, the pain of moving and building a new garden—I've felt that before, have you? In my case, the yard we moved into had been perfectly manicured before we arrived …
Who Says You Can’t Have an Apartment Garden?
When I think of going back to the days of apartment gardening, a chill runs up my spine. Maybe it's because I always had small porches or none at all, …
A Little Juicy Gardening Talk About Harvests
Gosh, listening to other gardeners talk about their garden is the least-boring topic I can think of. People talking about their antique cars or knitting, or golf, to me is …
Mazes, Rows, and Squares of Raspberries in the Garden – Which is Best?
"Ugh! You have raspberries!" is one thing I can always count on my mother to say when she visits my house. As I've let our once-manicured flower gardens turn into …
The Joy of Gardening … Er, Weeding?
Don't you just love when someone says they stink at something, but then they seem to be some type of master professional of the craft? That's not exactly where I'm …
