Letter from the Editor - Fine Gardening
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DesignExcuse Me—Do You Have a Tree for Me? | Letter from the Editor
If you’re a gardener—and since you picked up this magazine I’m guessing you are—you probably get peppered with plant questions all the time. I know I do. Take Thanksgiving just…
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DesignAn Appreciation for Plants That Protect Themselves | Letter from the Editor
Plants with leaves as sharp as razor blades. Plants that smell like rotten meat. Plants that will cause severe gastrointestinal problems if ingested. These all sound like great garden additions,…
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How-ToPruning Conundrums | Letter from the Editor
Well, it turns out that I’ve been pruning my hydrangeas wrong this whole time. Not my bigleafs (Hydrangea macrophylla)—I have only a couple of those left in my beds, since…
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DesignAre Hostas the Plastic Swans of Plants? | Letter from the Editor
The thought of putting white plastic swan planters in my garden gives me goose bumps. And not in a good way. I’m not a garden snob. Seeing a rogue garden…
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DesignGardening on the Local Level | Letter from the Editor
My grandfather was an unofficial regional garden reporter. He was always calling to tell me how his tomatoes were doing or directing me to which neighbors had the best hydrangea…
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DesignIn Defense of Modernism | Letter from the Editor
My home and garden are just about the furthest thing from modern you can get. I live in a quintessential Cape Cod–style house, and the swirling landscape around it is…
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DesignAnnual Opinions | Letter from the Editor
“Friends don’t let friends buy annuals.” My very first boss wore a button with that phrase to work every day. I didn’t have a “normal job” like most teenagers. I…
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ArticleTraveling Plants | Letter from the Editor
It was June and I was stuck in Denver. Well, not stuck, but delayed at the airport trying to get home and mindlessly scrolling through all the photos I’d taken…
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