During the pandemic shutdown many people turned to gardening as a productive way to spend time, grow nourishing food and interact with family members. It’s been exciting to see so many new gardeners joining the ranks in 2020, and I hope this trend continues. After…
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A couple of years ago, I was walking with a friend through SFA Gardens. In one stretch, we had a patch of redbud varieties in good show, and he remarked, “Do you think redbuds might be the next crapemyrtle?” I said, “I don’t think so.”…
What I am about to write comes with a major disclaimer. Summer squash is one of the easiest and most productive vegetables that can be grown in a garden. The seeds are big, they germinate in less than a week, they grow fast and as…
Seed-starting season has arrived! I love this time of the year when gardening begins again with the seeding of new transplants indoors. Seed starting gives gardeners full control over their transplant production and a vastly wider range of flower and vegetable species and varieties from…