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How to figure out if a compost brand is good or not and the brands of peat free compost I use | Jack Wallington

Around the world the vast majority of plants on earth grow in a mix of mineral soil and composted organic matter – only those...

Why it’s time to ban non-organic pesticides from sale to the general public | Jack Wallington

Please take 30 seconds to sign the petition When I first started studying horticulture professionally in 2015, I was full of positivity and excitement for...

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...

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...

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Signs of Early Spring in Carla’s Pennsylvania Garden, Part 2

Hi GPODers! When it comes to early garden color, Carla Zambelli Mudry in Malvern, Pennsylvania doesn’t...

Good Neighbors: Julia Lucey art at Wally Workman Gallery

March 28, 2026 Whenever mixed-media artist Julia Lucey has a show at Austin’s Wally Workman GalleryI make time to go. I enjoy Lucey’s colorful, nature-centric...

Signs of Early Spring in Carla’s Pennsylvania Garden, Part 1

Hi GPODers! It has been a little while since we’ve heard from friend-of-the-blog Carla Zambelli...
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