There are many reasons to grow herbs and many herbs to grow. But most gardeners confine themselves to just a few favorites: basil, mint, chives, rosemary, oregano and thyme. In her book Beyond Rosemary, Basil and Thyme: Unusual, Interesting and Uncommon Herbs to Enjoy, Minnesota author Theresa Mieseler encourages gardeners to expand their herb knowledge and adventurousness. Mieseler owned Shady…
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A recent winter escape to Florida introduced me to Frank Lloyd Wright’s last and largest design project, one that speaks to gardeners as well as architecture fans. In the late 1930s, Ludd M. Spivey, president of Florida Southern College decided he wanted to transform the struggling college of 300 students into the “college of tomorrow.” It was a big dream…
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“What is going on here?” How many times have you asked yourself that question, while facing a dead plant, a diseased one or one that is spreading wildly where you don’t want it? It’s the right question, according to Larry Weaner, author of Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change (Timber Press, 2016) who spoke…
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As we brace ourselves for the second snowstorm of the week on top of last week’s record-setting cold, I’ve been wondering about how my plants (especially two newly planted trees) will do during the winter of 2018-2019. This has not been the perfect winter for plants — not even close. As an experienced gardener once told me, the perfect winter…
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It’s that strange time of the year when every day seems like a Sunday, and there’s plenty of time to think about what you’ll change for the year ahead. For gardeners, the failures of the previous season have faded enough and it’s time to stiffen our backs, page through the seed catalogs arriving daily and make some garden resolutions. Here…
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