Growing up, Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) was the ultimate backyard enemy. If you ever ran barefoot through a patch of it as a kid, you know exactly what I mean. For years, my standard gardening protocol was to ruthlessly chop it down and toss it straight into the yard waste burn pile.But a few seasons ago, a seasoned gardening neighbor shared an old-school permaculture secret with me. I tried it, and it completely changed my garden. Now, inste...
Growing a massive, beautiful crop of carrots is incredibly rewarding, but figuring out how to store them is a completely different challenge. If you live in an apartment or a house without a tradition...
If your garden experienced endless rain and high humidity this summer, you already know the struggle. When the weather is constantly soggy and your rubber boots never fully dry out, growing healthy to...
Welcome back, my fellow gardeners! I am writing to you today with my trusty trowel in hand and my Beagle napping right by my side. Today, I want to debunk one of the most frustrating landscaping myths...
Everything was going perfectly in my vegetable garden this year. I started an early-maturing cabbage variety from seed indoors, transplanted them after the last frost, and watched them form beautiful,...
Cucumbers can be the ultimate garden divas. You start them with love, build them beautiful trellises, and amend the soil with premium compost. They start out vibrant and green, growing inches a day. T...
If you are like me, you probably spent most of last summer battling your lawn. You watered it, you fertilized it, and you mowed it constantly, only to watch it turn into a patchy, yellow desert by lat...
If you have an older summer cabin, a garden shed, or a closed-in patio, you probably know the exact smell I am talking about. It is that heavy, damp, "old basement" odor that hits you the mome...
When your backyard berry bushes finally explode with fruit, it is an amazing feeling—until you realize you have to figure out where to store it all.Growing up, my family’s method of preserving berries...
We all want a gorgeous, magazine-worthy flower bed, but let’s be honest—nobody wants to spend their entire weekend pulling weeds, dividing temperamental roots, and desperately watering wilting flowers...
If you have trees and shrubs on your property, you know the annual struggle of seasonal pruning. You end up with massive piles of branches that take up half the yard. In many suburbs, burn barrels are...
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