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Artichokes in the North

February 9, 2021

I like to use the analogy of cooks vs. bakers when providing advice on annual artichoke culture. The fact is that artichoke culture isn’t…

The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food

February 8, 2021

I love surprises, and that’s precisely what I got when I received an envelope from 10 speed press the other day containing of all…

Winter Seed Sowing: Pros and Cons

February 8, 2021

Somehow, miraculously (and thankfully) seed starting season is just about here once again. Perhaps in no other year (or years?) has thinking about starting…

Falling Forward

October 19, 2020

I never knew that the antonym of autumnal was vernal. Which makes sense, I guess as there is no word for springnal. With covid,…

Windcliff, by Daniel J. Hinkey

September 19, 2020

I’ll admit it, I was a Heronista. There is hardly a plants person who hasn’t been influenced by Daniel Hinkley, his Heronswood Nursery, his…

How to Grow Zaluzianskya capensis, the Night Phlox

August 19, 2020

I can remember the first time I read about Zaluziantkya – trying to pronounce it in my head before daring to speak it out…