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When your gorgeous dahlia bouquet flops by Tuesday afternoon, do you panic? Chances are good that you cut them on the proper day, washed them, … Read more

You ordered tulips in early fall from bulb catalogs, hoping for color, but what arrives instead is usualy a flimsy cardboard box of something that … Read more

Something special about tulip growers: They tend to be dissapeared in a special way. This usually happens just about now, around Easter (and sometimes Valentine’s … Read more

Though mint is A hardy plant in the garden bed, it is aggressive, quickly covering earth like a green carpet. It may seem indestructible to … Read more

Treat your vineyards like a ledger, like a living one. Each year you reap its fruit, but so do you when you reap time from … Read more

MAY: You bought a seedling of basil, planning on turning it into pesto through October. JULY: It’s a lovely green thing, all lush. But somewhere … Read more

When you plant raspberry canes, do you get worried that maybe it was too late to plant them in time for this seasons crop? Or … Read more

In May, your recently planted grapevine appears as nothing more than a stick. The holes are dug, the trellis built, and now there’s budbreak. What … Read more

Growing raspberries requires one particular type of patience: not only must you water them, but also identify what cane you’re looking at. In spring, you … Read more

Raspberry rows are like trees: Most gardeners apply fertilizer each spring to these woody plants, yet only pay attention when harvest diminishe, as if to … Read more

When you plant a blueberry bush, you hope it will get up quickly and go tall, right? Wrong. It will more likely stay small for … Read more