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DesignAll Gardens Have Teachable Moments | Letter from the Editor
Garden shows are crowded. That’s what I remember most about the first time I met Susan Calhoun. It was nearly 18 years ago at the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival…
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Kitchen GardeningGet Acquainted with These Improved Varieties of Herbs
One of the best things about being in the plant business for over 40 years has been trying out new and rediscovered plants. Every year I like to grow the…
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How-To6 Varieties of Mint to Grow for Superb Flavor and Fragrance
When I think of mint, the first thing that enters my mind is its inimitable fragrance. With one whiff of a crushed mint leaf, menthol fills my nose with a…
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How-ToHow to Grow Better Asparagus
My family didn’t grow asparagus when I was a child. We found it. My dad had a sharp eye for the tender green spears that grew wild along roadsides near…
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How-ToHow to Grow Supersweet Snap Peas
It’s always a great day when I pick the first snap peas. A lot of the harvest never makes it to the kitchen. Snap peas—which snap like green beans and…
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How-ToGrow Delicious Broccoli Rabe From Seed
On a trip through Germany in 1971, I took a train from Frankfurt to Munich. The train was half-empty, and I looked around for a while before finding a friendly…
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How-ToHow to Grow Peppers That Won’t Let You Down
Peter Piper may have picked a peck of “perfect” peppers, but for the rest of us, a good harvest of this popular veggie can be more elusive. Peppers, like their…
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How-ToHow to Grow Beans All Summer Long
In my father’s victory garden, we planted a single crop of beans in late spring. The endless rows came in all at once, and we spent a long, hot week…
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How-ToBasics of Growing Fava Beans
I had never met a fava bean until I moved to Northern California in the early 1980s and started my market garden. I noticed that the local Italian folks seemed…
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How-ToFollow These Steps to Grow the Best Sweet Raspberries
My fondest memory of childhood summers is picking red raspberries from my family’s small patch. The wonderful flavor and fragrance of these berries led me up and down the rows…
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