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Cantaloupes don’t like being planted in cold ground; it halts their growth and makes them rot. They’re waiting for warmer days before there seeds germinate, … Read more

You bring a nursery lemon tree home with high hopes of zesting your dinner by summer. It is more likely to be a long wait, … Read more

Why do you plant a mango tree? To get some fruit. It is not to maintain a pretty shrubby thing for several more years. So … Read more

Celery likes moist but not sodden soil (the roots will rot), and cool but not cold temperatures (seedlings will rot). It’s also a fussy seedling. … Read more

It is tempting to think that garden size is simply a matter of adding up lawn space you can spare, eyeballing your backyard, and marking … Read more

The thing with basil: It’s sensitive to temperature swings (it loves heat but also goes yellow on you if you took seedling outdoors one week … Read more

It’s panic buying. You buy ten tomato plants on a sunny Saturday with a bag of soil under your arm, standing in the garden center … Read more

The tomatoes aren’t always on schedule. You buy seeds that promise fruit in 60 days, yet in early October you’re staring down at some green … Read more

Maybe it’s your first time planting a row of vines in a piece of ground you’ve acquired, and you’re getting bogged down by all details … Read more

If your first blueberry bush came home with you as a twig relative to the mature shrub beside it, I know what you’re thinking: Instant … Read more

An orchard is a long-term experiment in patience and geometry. You can prepare the soil and plant the best rootstock available. But if you set … Read more