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The Wild and Wonderful Chicken Tractor

Aside from the sheer pleasure of telling your friends, straight-faced, that you maintain your garden using something called a “chicken tractor,” there are a...

Tania Compton’s Spilsbury Farm, As Featured in Ngoc Minh Ngo’s ‘Roses in the Garden’

You would be forgiven if you think you don’t need another book about roses. But trust us: You do not want to miss Ngoc...

Make a Gorgeous Culinary Herb Wreath

Hang an herb wreath in your kitchen and harvest sprigs here and there to add to your cooking. The herbs will dry on the...

Roses and Clematis Save Spring in Dot’s Pennsylvania Garden

Happy Monday, GPODers! Last year we were introduced to Dot Lenahan’s new garden in Broomall,...

7 Ways to Reduce Water Usage While Gardening

Have water, will thrive. We must do our part in limiting our water usage when it comes to our backyard plantings. Try these seven...

An Interview With the Farm Manager at Southside Community Farm

Our new book, Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden (in stores October 14 and available for pre-order now), is chock-full of inspiring environmentally minded plantspeople—including...

Vegetables to Plant in July for a Late Summer/Early Fall Harvest

You’ve pulled your neglected bolted lettuce and harvested your hardneck garlic. You have holes in your garden bed and it seems a waste not...

Can Roblox ‘Grow a Garden’ help your real one? I tested it.

In case you were not aware, there is a gardening game taking over the internet right now. The game is called Grow a Garden...

How to Grow False Indigo (Baptisia)

Soil These deep rooted perennials require freely draining soil, but will tolerate clay, loam, or sandy substrate as long as drainage is sufficient and there...

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The Best Way To Fertilize Cucumber Plants

Looking for the best way to fertilize and power up your cucumber plants to get them to produce more cucumbers this year? If you want...

The Most Important Gardening Lesson I’ve Learned (and Why I Finally Wrote This Book)

My first home was a blue bungalow in an emerging neighbourhood that nobody wanted. It was at the top of my budget, so I...

Super Cool Plants Episode 3: Plants We Covet

Plants We Covet Most The heart wants what it wants, but when it comes to...