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10 Deer-Resistant Vegetables and Herbs

10 Deer-Resistant Vegetables and Herbs

When I think of deer-resistant vegetables, it’s usually a cartoon that comes to mind. I can picture little veggies with shields and swords trying to ward off a herd of  …
Classic Rhubarb Pie

Classic Rhubarb Pie

Skip the commonly-included strawberries and stick to the classic all-rhubarb rhubarb pie. Simple ingredients make for a stunning dessert. From counter to oven to table in just over an hour.  …
Rhubarb Comfort Crumble

Rhubarb Comfort Crumble

There’s something so satisfying about rich, warm fruit with crispy, crumbly bits mixed in. With ice cream or on its own, this crumble is bound to become a comfort food  …
Crop Rotation and Soil Balance

Crop Rotation and Soil Balance

If mulch is the soil’s blanket and cover crops are its armor, then crop rotation is its compass. What you plant—and when—can either drain the soil or restore it. Rotation  …
March Makes Gardeners Dream Big

March Makes Gardeners Dream Big

Every March, I become a wildly optimistic gardener. It happens the same way each year. One warm-ish afternoon slips between the snowstorms, the air smells faintly like wet soil instead  …
Gardening Piece

Gardening Piece

  I have been a gardener since I was three years old. Knee-high to my grandfather, I helped him in our front yard flower garden. I bent down to pull weeds.  …
The Healing Gardens of Mrs. Dorsey

The Healing Gardens of Mrs. Dorsey

Today’s My Mother’s Garden story is rich with so many emotional ups and downs that it’s hard to decide if it has a happy ending or not. But what I  …