July 30, 2026
Most gardeners get about two months of coneflowers. They plant one variety, let it bloom, admire it in July, and...
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Most gardeners get about two months of coneflowers. They plant one variety, let it bloom, admire it in July, and...
Here’s a riddle that puzzles every new daylily owner. Each flower lasts exactly one day opens at dawn, gone by nightfall....
Here’s a moment worth planting for: at the end of the season, you tip a container over onto a tarp,...
There’s a particular pleasure in walking out on a summer morning, pinching a handful of tiny white daisies off a...
Most gardeners treat spinach as a fleeting spring crop: sow in April, harvest a few salads in May, watch it...
Here’s a story almost every gardener knows. You grow a gorgeous, fragrant rosemary all summer. It’s magnificent, three feet of...
If you want one plant that does almost everything, feeds bees all summer, feeds goldfinches all winter, shrugs off drought,...
Here’s the strange thing about lavender: it’s one of the easiest plants in the garden, and one of the most...
If you’re going to grow exactly one vegetable this year and you’ve never grown anything before, grow bush beans. The...
There’s a particular kind of joy in reaching over your stove, pinching three fragrant leaves off a plant on the...
Most vegetables spend autumn quietly giving up. Kale does the opposite, it waits for the first frost and then gets...
A cucumber vine doesn’t need much convincing to climb. Within minutes of a tendril brushing against string or wire, it...
Carrots have a reputation for being finicky twisted roots, stubby little nubs, seeds that never come up at all. But...
Few fruits are as underrated or as delightful as the loquat. Golden, fragrant, and tasting like a sun-warmed blend of...
Picture popping a sweet, grape-sized kiwi straight into your mouth, no peeling, no fuzz, just an intense burst of tropical...
Here’s a scenario every new gardener knows: you grow a beautiful lettuce plant, pull the whole thing up for one...
Here’s a fruit-growing secret the farmers market won’t tell you: that little pint of figs costing six dollars comes from...
Next time you crack open a pomegranate and scoop out those glittering, jewel-red arils, remember this: hiding inside each one...
Pop a whole kumquat in your mouth and something delightful happens: the sweet, fragrant peel gives way to a burst...
Zucchini has a legendary reputation among gardeners, the vegetable so productive that growers famously leave surplus on their neighbors’ doorsteps....