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• A Little Lift: Garlic Greens Emerging in December

  

  My garlic is growing.The garlic cloves I planted just before an icy rainstorm some weeks ago have emerged in their containers. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 GARDENING

• Snow Pea Harvest and Sesame Peanut Noodles

  

  Peas are not easy for me to grow. I suppose the key to success lies in timing the sowing just right, because springs here can go from frigid to tropical in... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 GARDENING

• Don’t Be Too Tidy: Good Garden Practices to Bring Birds to Your Winter Garden

  

  Where I live, we haven’t yet been hit by snow or ice, so it’s time to focus on garden clean-up.In addition to raking and shredding oak leaves, I’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 GARDENING

• Temptation: Medlars

  

  My Tiny Plot has a post today about her first medlar harvest. This is one of the unusual fruits I am considering for my garden. I will never be able to decide... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 GARDENING

• Salad Bowl Garden

  

  I’m fortunate to live in an area where it doesn’t get terribly cold during the winter–or at least, it doesn’t stay cold for very long. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 GARDENING

• Black (gold?) Friday

  It has been said not infrequently (and with ample cause) that only in America do people line up to trample one another for bargains the day after giving thanks... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 GARDENING

• Growing Cyclamen from Seed: A Winter Experiment

  

  Cyclamen are gorgeous, delicate plants. They bloom in winter when little else does. And bittster tells me it isn’t hard to grow them from seed. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 GARDENING

• What’s So Great About John Innes Compost?

  

  Early seed plantings (Photo credit: Tony Austin)I like to listen to garden podcasts while I’m working in the garden (and, oddly, when I’m at the gym), and one o... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 GARDENING

• Dear Belmont Rooster,

  Thank you very much for nominating me for a Versatile Blogger Award. I’m delighted to get to meet (however virtually) so many fun and engaging people with... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 GARDENING

• Growing Garlic

  

  In my household, we eat a lot of garlic.Garlic is great for your health. It contains cancer-fighting chemicals, relaxes blood vessels, and increases blood flow. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 GARDENING

• Dear Bittster,

  

  You are one generous gardener. When you emailed to say you’d added a little surprise to the box, I figured on a few extra seeds. Imagine my delight when I opene... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 GARDENING

• Pumpkin on a Stick | Ornamental Eggplant

  

  Reblogged from Garden Variety: Our editor Therese Ciesinski discovers fall fruits resembling bunches of miniature pumpkins that area ideal for decorative... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 GARDENING

• Garden Planning: Make a Mockup

  

  The house addition inches onward. Now that the sheathing is on and the windows are installed, I am able to grasp how this developing garden room may relate to... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 GARDENING

• Pre-freeze Postscript

  I’m new to the finer points of this companion planting business. It was only after I hurriedly stuck the garlic cloves into the container with the snap peas tha... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 GARDENING

• Before the Freeze

  It’s going to get really cold tonight (for here), and possibly snow a bit, though not enough for the kids to miss school (hurrah!). Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 GARDENING

• Garden Plans: Sketching

  

  I have been thinking more about what I’m calling my cloister garden, for want of a better name. I don’t possess the time or discipline to maintain a cloister... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 GARDENING

• Montrose: Weird, Wild Stuff

  

  Halloween may be over, but the appeal of Osage orange fruit endures.The fruit of Maclura pomifera, Osage orange.On my recent tour of Montrose, we found some... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 GARDENING

• Montrose: More Clever Plant Combinations

  

  When I visit gardens, I’m alert to planting ideas I can borrow (of course, I’ll return them). A few days ago I wrote about the pairing of dawn redwood and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 GARDENING

• What to Do with Perennial Sorrel?

  

  My friend gave me a clump of sorrel last year. I planted it promptly, and have done nothing with it.Garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa)We don’t eat much sorrel... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 GARDENING

• Montrose: Asters Done Brilliantly

  

  I have always felt ambivalent about asters. They bloom at a time of the year when things are winding down, so their bright colors are welcome. They provide... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 GARDENING