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Planning Your 2026 Garden

Planning Your 2026 Garden

Welcome to the third installment in our series on growing, cooking, and living your healthiest life with fresh food! If you’ve been inspired by our first two articles, you might  …
Dad in the Garden

Dad in the Garden

Today’s story gave me one of those “oh good, it’s not just me” moments when I first read it. In Jolene Halladay’s Fruit of the Womb, she hilariously recalls the  …
A Dozen Holiday Delights

A Dozen Holiday Delights

The holidays are a magical time when food becomes more than sustenance—it becomes the language of love, tradition, and creativity. Across the country, gardeners are transforming the fruits of their  …
Celebrating the Holidays the American Way

Celebrating the Holidays the American Way

The aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg wafts through the air, mingling with the hearty scent of roasting squash and the tangy pop of cranberries simmering on the stove. It’s the  …
Never Turn Away Volunteer Plants

Never Turn Away Volunteer Plants

Have you ever left your garden unattended to go on a quick getaway by yourself, with your friends, or with your family? Maybe you want to be spontaneous and go  …
You Can’t Avoid Some Garden Mistakes

You Can’t Avoid Some Garden Mistakes

The wonderful thing about mistakes, including garden mistakes, is that we don't have to make them all. We can learn from the mistakes of others. For example, we don't have  …
Moriarty in the Garden

Moriarty in the Garden

There are 28 references to weeds in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and almost all of them are mean. Weeds, according to Bartlett's chosen quotables, are variously dull, fat, filthy, oozy, poison,  …