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June 23, 2021

Throw-in-the-Trowel Week (and How to Get Past It)

If you’ve been working hard in the garden all spring, you may be ready to put up your feet and relax. Not so fast. Each year, […]
June 16, 2021

Gardeners, Take Heed: It’s a ‘Tick-y Year’

This year, it will be hard to avoid ticks if you’re spending a lot of time outdoors. Here’s how to keep that from interfering with your […]
June 2, 2021

The Do-It-Yourself Rain Garden

So you spent the holiday weekend indoors, watching rainwater pool in your yard — or worse still, in the basement? Here’s how to fix that. When […]
April 7, 2021

What’s Up With Those Weird-Looking Mushrooms?

You may not expect to see them in your yard, but that doesn’t mean you’ve got trouble. The opposite, in fact. They appear spontaneously, or so […]
January 6, 2021

It’s a New Year in the Garden, Too: Time for Some Resolutions

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October 28, 2020

Yes, You Can Learn to Speak the Language of Plants

The plants are trying to tell us something — if only we’d learn their official language, botanical Latin. “I am the Allium with just one leaf,” […]
October 14, 2020

Tips on Bird Feeders

The first juncos are back in my Hudson Valley garden, and the white-throated sparrows, too — birds that summer in forests farther north. At Julie Zickefoose’s […]
October 14, 2020

If You Enjoy Bird-Watching, It’s Time to Give Something Back

The first juncos are back in my Hudson Valley garden, and the white-throated sparrows, too — birds that summer in forests farther north. At Julie Zickefoose’s […]
September 16, 2020

Which Plants Should You Move Indoors for Fall?

Apologies to the Clash, but it’s time to decide: Should it stay or should it go now? From the canna planted by the corner of the […]
September 16, 2020

It’s (Nearly) Fall: Which Plants Can You Bring Inside?

Apologies to the Clash, but it’s time to decide: Should it stay or should it go now? From the canna planted by the corner of the […]