SANTA ROSA: Design festive holiday wreaths and garlands Visit the historic Luther Burbank Home and Gardens Dec. 2 and 3 and enjoy a 38-year-old community tradition. Experience a tour of the home decorated for the…
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Seed Starting
“The Backyard Gardener” by Kelly Orzel (Lyons Press, 2017) is a comprehensive gardening guide that offers useful advice to help readers build their confidence and know-how. This excerpt from chapter 2 explains how to grow a plant…
Sponsored: Fall / Winter gardening tips for new homeowners
In many parts of the country, the advent of fall and winter means a winding down of garden-related tasks. Protecting outdoor plants, moving pots indoors and prepping bulbs for germination is the sum of it.…
Grow a Year-Round Indoor Salad Garden
With this technique, you can grow all the salad greens you need with a kitchen cupboard and a windowsill. PHOTO BY PETER BURKE A very simple idea put me on the path toward growing a…
The Russian gardening revolution: where the good life meets luxury
A dacha gardener, Kaliningrad, Russia CREDIT: AGENCJA FOTOGRAFICZNA CARO/ALAMY The winds of change are blowing in a new Russian Revolution that’s having a dramatic impact on some of the last vestiges of the Soviet Union and is…
Sponsored: Fall / Winter gardening tips for new homeowners
In many parts of the country, the advent of fall and winter means a winding down of garden-related tasks. Protecting outdoor plants, moving pots indoors and prepping bulbs for germination is the sum of it.…
‘I just needed to feel the real world’: gardening writer Anna Pavord describes crawling onto lawn after cancer
Anna Pavord at her home in Dorset CREDIT: CHRISTOPHER JONES FOR THE TELEGRAPH Barely out of intensive care and unable to walk after treatment for stomach cancer, Anna Pavord quite literally “crawled” on her hands and knees…
Inside the ‘spaceship’ house in Highgate longlisted for Grand Designs: House of the Year
The house looks as if a spaceship has docked in north London, wedged in between the houses on either side CREDIT: NICK KANE If you go down to Highgate Wood today you’re sure of a big surprise.…
Carolyn Singer: November in my garden — Savoring fall, preparing for spring
My kitchen counter has transitioned from the tomatoes and tomatillos of late summer. The new arrangement of hops, shallots, “Sunshine” kabocha and “Trombetta” squashes, walnuts, red serrano peppers, along with a branch of sweet bay,…
US: Edible Garden to supply organic herbs to supermarkets & restaurants
Edible Garden has been selected by two new customers, Hannaford supermarket and Sweetgreen restaurants, to supply organic fresh herbs to selected retail outlets. Hannaford was founded in 1883 as a fresh produce vendor in Portland,…