Hobby Farms
Meet Li Schmidt
At Cultural Roots Nursery, in Winters, California, Li Schmidt grows more than 100 Asian-heritage vegetables, herbs, fruit and trees on 1⁄4 acre.
2 min |
March - April 2024
Hobby Farms
Climate-Resilient Crops
Farmers operating large commercial outfits and smaller, hobby growers alike are facing new challenges season after season.
6 min |
March - April 2024
Hobby Farms
Pumpkins & Gourds
Tyler Swafford’s enthusiasm for raising pumpkins and gourds is contagious. The lifelong farmer, himself the descendent of a lifelong farmer, makes his home on Dayton Mountain overlooking Tennessee’s Sequatchie Valley.
6 min |
March - April 2024
Horticulture
GET IT GROWING
Five ways to create or expand a vegetable garden
5 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
LESSONS FROM THE PAST
More than a century ago, Nature Study advocates sought to connect schoolchildren with the science of landscapes and gardens
3 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
LET'S SPLIT IT
THE INS AND OUTS OF PROPAGATION BY DIVISION
5 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
WINTER READING
Recent releases that excite the gardener’s mind
7 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
an armistice with Orange
ONE DESIGNER'S TRUCE WITH AN AGE-OLD NEMESIS
10+ min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
GARDENS OF Quebec
TWO STORIED JARDINS WARRANT A JOURNEY NORTH FROM THE CAPITAL CITY
6 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
Interior Divine
GOT THE WINTER BLUES? HERE'S HOW TO GET HAPPY WITH SOME NEW HOUSEPLANTS
6 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
NEW PLANTS - Fragrant selections
EACH YEAR, plant brands release exciting new cultivars to market, the results of years of breeding, selecting, trialing and propagating. New plants are bred to enhance traits that make them stand out against comparable cultivars-and in your garden.
6 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
RHODIOLA ROSEA
This widespread succulent boasts a long history of helpfulness
5 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
A Little TLC
I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE to grow hardy cyclamen. I have several educated guesses, which I define as guesses forged in failure, as to why.
2 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
HORTPOURRI
Another batch of Greg’s hardwon tips, and a further update on that frozen Fuyu persimmon tree
6 min |
January - February 2024
Horticulture
BRIE ARTHUR
Evolution of a plant lady
10+ min |
January - February 2024
Garden Gate
6 Pro Garden Design Secrets
Starting a garden can feel overwhelming. And sometimes it’s hard to know if you’ll like something until you’ve seen it. By then, you’ve spent enough hours, hard work and money that it’s tough to make a change.
3 min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Garden Gate
2024's Best New Plants!
Instead of ringing in the new year with champagne and balloons, why not treat yourself to a few new plants that you can enjoy through the growing season? There are a lot of interesting introductions to get excited about this year.
10+ min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Garden Gate
Bee Balm
Butterflies and pollinating insects can't resist this bold summer perennial.
6 min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Garden Gate
Dreaming of Summer
Unless you are lucky enough to live where it’s warm year round, when winter starts to drag on, it may feel as if the garden is awash in dreary, monochromatic browns and grays. Time to close your eyes and dream of summer—a colorful season when foliage is vibrant, fl owers are blooming and pollinators are active. If you need a bit of summer inspiration, here are three colorful low-maintenance combos that will also attract wildlife. Who wouldn’t dream of that?
3 min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Garden Gate
Reader Tips
GREAT IDEAS FROM SMART GARDENERS
2 min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Garden Gate
5 Ways to Stake Tomatoes
While it might feel early to be thinking about tomatoes, it’s never too early to start planning your next garden, especially if your tomato plants tend to look wild and overgrown by the time you remember to offer them a cage for support.
5 min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Garden Gate
Destination Gardens
Don’t miss out on these four botanical treasures!
5 min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Garden Gate
Native Bees Find Winter Shelter in Surprising Places
As the buzz of busy bees gave way to the rustle of fallen leaves in my autumn garden, the last of the bumblebee stragglers hit up fading mountain mint blooms. Day by day, fewer sparkly green sweat bees and dwarf carpenter bees nectared on the asters, eventually vanishing along with the fluffy field thistle seeds.
2 min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Garden Gate
Birds & The Bees (and Bunnies)
Although I wouldn’t call my raised garden beds romantic, the rabbits in my neighborhood sure like to use them in spring for their bunny rendezvous and subsequent nests.
2 min |
Issue 175 - February 2024
Horticulture
WINNING PLANTS
American Garden Rose Selections
2 min |
November - December 2023
Horticulture
SIZABLE OPTIONS
SHOULD YOU STICK TO PURCHASING PERENNIALS IN CONTAINERS OR SEEK OUT TRAYS OF PLUGS? HERE, THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH
6 min |
November - December 2023
Horticulture
A SMALL WORLD
On his quarter-acre property, one gardener has encountered hundreds of insect species by taking the time to look
3 min |
November - December 2023
Horticulture
THE WINTER WALKTHROUGH
WHEN THE GROWING SEASON SLOWS, TAKE TIME TO PLAN STRUCTURAL CHANGES GUIDED BY ONE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE
5 min |
November - December 2023
Horticulture
POP GOES THE GARDEN
Here's why and how to embrace some plants that self-sow
4 min |
November - December 2023
Horticulture
A LOOK BACK
Greg Coppa shares lessons learned in his 2023 garden
6 min |