Jennifer Benner
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How-To
How to Thin Herb Seedlings
Growing herbs from seed is an incredibly rewarding and inexpensive way to savor homegrown flavor fresh from your garden at your table. Getting the seeds to sprout is generally the…
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Design
5 Things to Consider When Building a Walkway
No matter if you are looking to navigate a small city lot or some rural acreage, there are a few rules of thumb to follow when building effective pathways. Keep…
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Design
10 Tips for Picture-Perfect Garden Pathways
Even though we gardeners are 100% focused on plants, we recognize the undeniable fact that pathways are an essential utilitarian element of a garden. They help us to navigate spaces,…
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Design
Tour a Garden That Perfectly Balances Hardscape and Plants
Margherita Fabrizio and her husband, Andy Jordan, live in a beautiful historic 1918 home in the heart of downtown Ithaca, New York. When they purchased their property in 2009, they…
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Sponsored Content
Giving Your Garden a Bee-utiful Boost
Pollinators, bees, habitat diversity—by now you are no stranger to these common buzz terms used in gardening circles and beyond. It is no secret that bees are a keystone species…
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How-To
How to Direct-Sow Veggies
Even though I consider myself a thrifty shopper, I often leave the grocery store feeling a lot lighter in the wallet. I just won’t compromise on some things, like healthy,…
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How-To
Putting Your Borders to Bed
As much as I love gardening, I must admit that I look forward to putting my garden to bed at the end of the season. In the same way my…
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Design
How to Properly Care for a Garden Container
The right care and feeding are the secrets to keeping your pots lush and healthy all season long
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Kitchen Gardening
Unique Varieties of Common Herbs
Ask most gardeners what their gateway plant was and I bet they’ll say it was something edible. There’s something about growing your own food that brings newbies over to the…
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Design
Fast-Growing Fillers
Let’s be honest. Everyone has them: gaping, unwanted holes smack-dab in the middle of their plantings. Not long after the promise of spring has sprung, problem areas start rearing their…