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The importance and benefits of keeping fallen leaves around plants | Jack Wallington

One of the pieces of advice the gardening world has got wrong over the years is about picking up fallen leaves from around plants....

How to grow Brussels sprouts organically and cook them | Jack Wallington

I used to have a mild apathy toward Brussels sprouts, boiled and soggy, I can’t say I’d’ve rushed out to grow them… until I...

How to grow onions and shallots organically from seed | Jack Wallington

Growing onions and shallots organically from seed is easy, cheap and fun. In this post I will detail each step from seed packet to...

Jack Pizzo’s Prairie Garden in Illinois

For years I have wondered why Europeans find American prairie planting so aspirational, while Americans will go to great lengths to create a semblance...

How to grow hardwood cuttings | Jack Wallington

Hardwood cuttings are an easy way of taking pieces of woody stem of shrubs, some trees and climbers to grow new plants. It’s done...

How to prune salvias and when to do it – three pruning groups | Jack Wallington

A group of plants I grow a lot in my own garden and in my clients’ garden designs is the perennial Salvias. Salvias are...

How to grow Lysimachia atropurpurea ‘Beaujolais’ from seed | Jack Wallington

A number of years ago RHS Chelsea Flower Show was filled with a new flower, Lysimachia atropurpurea ‘Beaujolais’. Grown among grasses, the foliage dissolves...

How to grow organic tomatoes including heirloom tomatoes | Jack Wallington

Tomatoes sit atop everyone’s grow your own lists, and if they don’t, they should! Relatively easy to grow – with a few quirks –...

Early spring flowering plants at Stillingfleet Lodge Garden and Nursery, York | Jack Wallington

Stillingfleet Lodgeon the outskirts of York, is a garden that has been managed organically for wildlife for the best part of 50 years, recently...

How to create carpets of colour, Cluny House Gardens, Scotland | Jack Wallington

One sunny afternoon in late-April, while working on a remote landscape design in Scotland, I took the opportunity to pop into Cluny House Garden...

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Vegetable Storage: Best Practices | Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

There’s nothing like enjoying vegetables straight from the garden. However, we often have more vegetables that we can use at once. To keep our...

Plant These Microgreens after Thanksgiving and Serve Them at Christmas

Microgreens pack intense taste and vitamins into their first tender leaves, harvested young for maximum punch in small servings. Microgreens are the early stage...

How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Parsnips: A Complete Guide

Sharing is caring! Parsnips are cool-weather biennials grown as an annual. Parsnips taste best if brought to harvest in cool weather. The parsnip is a...
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