ANN LOVEJOY | Cover crops improve soil for next summer
No garden is too small to benefit from cover cropping.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Genetically modified food crops in the kitchen and garden
Know what's in your food, and where it comes from.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Plant some fancy fronds this fall for four-season beauty
The end of summer is a great time to take inventory in the garden, to see what plants thrived and what ones fell short.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Fall fertilizing and cool season planting
Now is the time to plant and transplant trees and shrubs.
View ArticleANN VOGEL | Eat your way into autumn with this soup and salad
Granny Smith apples, butternut squash, lentils, kale and sausage are at the heart of this harvest soup and salad combo.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Brighten the garden all year with heathers and heaths
Gardens that look lackluster by summer's end could benefit from a judicious heather selection.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Getting the garden ready for winter
As autumn slumps into winter, the garden shares its disarray. Perennials that still held color just a few weeks ago are looking battered and barren. Though evergreen shrubs still look handsome,...
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Compact evergreen trees for smaller yards
As winter arrives, the garden can look empty and a bit forlorn. To keep the color alive, add an infusion of evergreen trees and shrubs that will act like living sculpture through the coldest months....
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Caring for the indoor garden
Cold, wet winters frustrate gardeners who find replenishment in contact with living plants. Since wet soil compacts easily, it’s wiser to stay clear of the garden for now. Rather than gingerly...
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Kitchen compost makes great slushies for worms
A reader recently asked for advice on composting kitchen wastes without attracting critter pests. I told her that my favorite way was to blend vegetable scraps and food with water, then bury it in the...
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | A chicken in every garden?
A reader wants to know whether home-composted chicken manure is safe to use on vegetable beds. When this question was raised (at a party, yet!), several other folks jumped in, eager to hear more. As it...
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Prepare the garden for a dry summer
A dry winter could lead to summer drought conditions. Here's what you can do.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Choosing reliable hardy perennials for Northwestern gardens
Rough winter weather left some gardens seemingly half empty and others badly wounded. When cold snaps remove beautiful but tender treasures, some folks respond by planting the same things again, while...
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Simplify garden care by design
Now's the time to judge which plants made it through winter and which did not.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Reliable, easy-going spring bloomers for sun or shade
Perennials are the lifeblood of the garden, bringing an ongoing flow of color to each bed. However, perennials can also be extremely high-maintenance plants. The artful gardener learns to be...
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Keep the cool season greens coming
Now that the soil is starting to warm up, we can plant cool season greens galore. If you’re still growing old standby greens, why not expand your usual spring selection with a few newcomers?
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Giving tomatoes a terrific head start
Tomato plants appear in all sorts of places each spring, from nurseries to supermarkets and even drugstores. Sadly, the earliest of these are largely doomed, because they arrive long before favorable...
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Seed exchanges and seed banks
Several readers have mentioned that they find growing from seed more expensive than ever. One reader wonders if he can save seeds from his own edibles.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Fabulous flavor from heritage potatoes
South American explorers who built a fort at Neah Bay and soon abandoned it left a legacy of potatoes.
View ArticleANN LOVEJOY | Keep aware of noxious, toxic weeds
These weeds are so common, many mistake them for native plants.
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