Eating Vegetables from the Grocery Store Could Kill You
When I first started gardening, I had this idea that grocery store produce was safer than my own. I suppose I knew that birds pooped on blueberries in the fields …
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A Year in Vegetable Gardening: Harvesting Memories and Planting Dreams
Today is the perfect time for fruit and vegetable gardeners to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the next growing season. The journey of nurturing plants from …
Garden Planning Tools & Apps for the Savvy Gardener
In the era of smartphones and razor-thin laptops, where convenience and efficiency are prized, gardening enthusiasts often find themselves yearning for user-friendly tools to help them plan and manage their …
“Heirloom” Garden Planning Tools: From Pen and Paper to Companion Planting
Planning a garden can be a real adventure! Picture this: some veggies like their personal space, while others are quite the social butterflies in your garden. And don't even get …
Human Pollinators and Their Handy Toothbrushes
I remember the day I learned how to be a human pollinator and pollinate flowers with a toothbrush. It was a hot, June day and I was eager to learn …
The Making of Mrs. Know It All
I am what you call a city girl growing up just 10 minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh in a borough called Swissvale. My Grandma Kaschauer had lived there since 1906 and …
5 Vegetables to Plant in October
A few years ago, I was in line at the farmer’s market talking to a farmer about how great he must be feeling because it’s the “end of the season.” …
Breaking Dormancy
My dad grew a vegetable garden in our backyard—a tiny one in a rocky, almost hidden corner behind the garage. He spent a lot of hours alone down there, digging, …
Gardening for Mom
My mother is a Master Gardener: she received her certification from Michigan’s Wayne State University when I was a young girl. I remember the garden being her retreat from a …
Gardening Humor for “Real” Gardeners
Do you remember when you were a young budding gardener, and you thought, "one day I'll be like those other gardeners, with their perfectly pruned tomatoes, their pollinator gardens, and …
