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My knuckles are currently caked in a stubborn mix of perlite, peat, and damp compost. I spent the entire morning wrestling a root-bound bird of paradise out of a cracked…
My knuckles are currently caked in a stubborn mix of perlite, peat, and damp compost. I spent the entire morning wrestling a root-bound bird of paradise out of a cracked…
April is a liar. You get one sunny Tuesday at 65 degrees, and suddenly you think winter is dead and buried. You rush out, buy flat after flat of tender…
April is a liar. You get one sunny Tuesday at 65 degrees, and suddenly you think winter is dead and buried. You rush out, buy flat after flat of tender…
I have spent over thirty years with my hands buried in the dirt. Most of those years taught me that gardening is less about creating a pristine Eden and more…
I have spent over thirty years with my hands buried in the dirt. Most of those years taught me that gardening is less about creating a pristine Eden and more…
I spent a brutal three weeks in the summer of 2005 trying to force delicate tropicals to survive on my punishing, sun-baked patio. They all died. I lost hundreds of…
I spent a brutal three weeks in the summer of 2005 trying to force delicate tropicals to survive on my punishing, sun-baked patio. They all died. I lost hundreds of…
My lower back aches as I write this. I just spent the better part of the morning hauling wet, heavy compost across the yard, and my fingernails are packed with…
I still have damp, gritty compost wedged under my fingernails from this morning’s repotting session. It never really washes out, does it? After 30 years of hauling soil bags and…
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