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How to Identify and Combat Tomato Blights

Each year as spring warms into summer, verdant vegetables hold the attention of many an eager gardener. As growers monitor their tomato plants, they may notice scattered yellow spotting, a…
Design
Grapevines Offer a Feast for the Senses

Finding a plant that can serve multiple purposes in the garden is always a gardener’s dream. So let’s focus on a plant that is ideal for landscape designing, greening up…
How-To
Growing Currants and Gooseberries in the Northeast

Soft fruits like currants and gooseberries (which are related, as they are both within the genus Ribes) are often overlooked fruits for Northeastern gardens. These are very hardy fruits (some…
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Tips for Choosing and Planting a Bareroot Fruit Tree in Northern California

Plucking mouthwatering fruit from your own home-grown fruit tree is so rewarding. Growing your own lowers your carbon footprint (that luscious peach you're biting into was not driven in from…
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Southwest: February Garden To-Do List

February in the Southwest is a great time to get back into your garden. Winter is coming to an end, and spring is right around the corner, which makes it…
Design
The Best Fruit Trees for Southern California

Fruit trees can be one of the best additions to any landscape. They offer shade and color in addition to healthy, delicious food. Many fruit trees can be grown in…
How-To
How to Grow Sweet Cherries

Gardeners, when they plant a cherry tree, like to visualize fantastic things, like picking heaps of perfectly ripe, juicy, sweet fruit. If you’ve actually tried to grow a cherry tree,…
Article
Keegan’s Maryland Garden

Today we’re visiting with Keegan Clifford, who is a vegetable gardener extraordinaire, producing huge amounts of beautiful produce. Keegan lives in Middletown, Maryland (Zone 7), a small town with just…
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Fruiting Shrubs for the Mountain West

I first became interested in gardening because I wanted to learn to grow food for myself and my family. I started by growing vegetables in a community garden plot. Fast-forward…
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Pest Control for the Northwest: Apple Maggot

As summer starts to heat up and everything edible starts to ripen, gardeners start worrying about apple maggots (Rhagoletis pomonella) in their apple trees. Long established in eastern North America,…

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