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Grow with Us!

Last year, we worked with Williams-Sonoma to create the World’s Largest “Community” Garden—10,000 people growing 10 of the same heirloom...
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A Cut Above

The formal flower garden right outside the back door of the farm house is one of our favorite places to take a walk in the summer gloaming, and nothing makes decorating...
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Preparing the Spring Garden, Part 5: Mulching & Pest Control

A week closer to spring and I catch myself going out of my way to “casually” drive by my favorite nurseries checking to see for the first signs of emerging...
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Kale Chips for Every Craving

Sometimes we have a salty, crunchy craving, but a satisfying snack doesn’t have to be unhealthy.   Kale Chips   Ingredients: 1 T olive oil one bunch...
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Preparing the Spring Garden, Part 4: Pruning & Soil pH

  Is it safe yet?  Can I really start inching my way to the garden shed in anticipation of spring?  A few inches of snow on the ground won’t stop me. ...
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Simple Kale Salad

    It’s no surprise that kale is one of our favorites.  A green hearty enough to last a mild winter is welcome roughage in a season dominated...
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Preparing the Spring Garden, Part 3: Dividing & Edging

  I’m getting less relief from spring fever by staring at my terrarium and silk flower arrangements. I’ve thought about setting up my lawn chair inside...
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Preparing the Spring Garden, Part 2: Grasses & Roses

  At this point, I am just itchin’ to get my hands in the dirt – excuse me, I mean soil (dirt is a no-no word in a gardener’s vocabulary). ...
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Prepping the Spring Garden, Part 1: Weeding & Feeding

I’ve got a bad case of the winter blues.  Even enchanting flower gardening magazines and catalogues aren’t helping.  At this time of the year I feel like...
We use empty leaf lettuce containers as mini-greenhouses to grow new lettuce. This is arugula, which we've planted from seeds our plants produced in the garden last year. (We plant them very close together because we like to thin and use the sprouts.)

Reuse that Salad Container for …Salad.

We use empty leaf lettuce containers as mini-greenhouses to grow new lettuce. This is arugula, which we've planted from seeds our plants produced in the garden...