Gardening

‘Paris Market’ Carrots are Round Delights

March 2, 2011
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Carrots (Daucus carota) are popular cool-season, root vegetables to grow in home gardens. But the longer varieties – which can grow up to 8 inches long – are hard to grow in heavy, clay soil conditions.

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Patison Golden Marbre Scallop Squash for Summer and Winter

November 22, 2010
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If you’ve ever grown summer squash, you know how prolific these plants can be in ideal growing conditions. Turn around, and six or seven more crookneck squash are ready to pick. Wait too long, and a zucchini will grow the size of a bat. Even your neighbors may start to look weary when you offer yet another bag filled with […]

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The Corn Harvest

September 28, 2010
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”Plough deep, while Sluggards sleep And you shall have corn to sell and to keep.” Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) As you can see above, my corn stalks are cut. The ears have been eaten and enjoyed. And all that remains are good culinary memories.

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Pumpkins Continue to Delight

September 28, 2010
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“He beheld great fields of Indian corn, and the yellow pumpkins lying beneath them, turning up their fair round bellies to the sun.” Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Pumpkins have reigned in our autumn cooking, long before they started to appear on our Thanksgiving tables in the form of delicious pies. An important staple in Native Americans’ diets, […]

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Must-Have Plants I’m Growing

September 8, 2010
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“We have plowed, we have sowed, We have reaped, we have mowed, We have brought home every load, Hip, hip, hip, harvest home.” For the last few months, I’ve spoken with some of the nation’s most well-known garden writers, bloggers and personalities about their must-have plants. So, you might just be wondering which plants I […]

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Must-Have Plants (Jean Ann Van Krevelen, Lisa Gustavson, Mike Lieberman)

September 1, 2010
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It’s harvest time! So, these “must-have” plants are delicious and delightful edibles of all types. Three clever gardeners, from across the nation, show you how beautiful fresh food can be … and how you can grow vegetables, herbs and fruit in even the smallest urban spaces. Photo by Elaphurus on Flickr

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Growing A Greener World Experts Share Favorite Plants

July 26, 2010
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As more Americans embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle these days, the timing couldn’t be better for a new PBS television series called Growing a Greener World, distributed by American Public Television. Growing a Greener World combines traditional gardening knowledge with a strong focus on sustainability – and provides plenty of cooking and preserving tips for your garden harvests. Each episode tells […]

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Let Us Celebrate Lettuce!

July 5, 2010
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“Lettuce is like conversation,” said the American editor and author Charles Dudley Warner. “It must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.”

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Part III – Even More Experts With Must-Have Plants

June 14, 2010

A suburban garden in New Jersey. An apartment balcony in California. Acreage in northwest Ohio. These gardeners may enjoy the outdoors in different ways, but they all know plenty about plants. Here are their “must-have” plants for this year… Like gardening blogs? There’s a good chance you’ve read Kylee Baumle’s Our Little Acre. Her award-winning blog takes […]

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Part II – More Experts Share Must-Have Plants

June 9, 2010

As we enter into June, the peak growing season is upon us. So, I turned to two more gardening experts for their “must-have” plants for 2010. Here are the plants they can’t live without this year… In the San Francisco Bay area, Rebecca Sweet knows plenty about plants. The talented landscape designer owns Harmony in the Garden and […]

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