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Finding Indoor Garden Inspiration

Finding Indoor Garden Inspiration

One look through Instagram or YouTube and you'll find plenty of indoor garden inspiration. Some are quite inspiring, like a gardener in the cold depths of a Canadian Winter who  
No Rest For Garden Weeders

No Rest For Garden Weeders

Some gardeners get lucky. They must. These are the gardeners who rarely have problems with weeds. They pull a few stray weeds here and there, but otherwise, they let mulch  

Breaking Ground

Warm day. Dry soil. Early spring. It's groundbreaking day in the garden. I go out to negotiate with ol' Dobbin, my middle-aged rototiller. She's getting a bit stiff in the  
Let the Joy of Gardening Grow from Seed

Let the Joy of Gardening Grow from Seed

The practice and joy of gardening come in stages. There’s no gardener that woke up one day and devised the perfect garden beds, chose the perfect seeds, grew them perfectly  
The Story of St. Fiacre

The Story of St. Fiacre

Most noble endeavors of mankind have a patron saint, usually a man or woman who has achieved notoriety—often by torture or death—in a particular field or endeavor.