Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
What gardener doesn’t delight in a lush, flourishing garden? Whether we are growing flowers or vegetables (or both), we want a beautiful, productive garden. We fuss over the plant stock – choosing the best-looking, most vigorous, and healthiest ones to grow in our gardens. Then we spend the gardening season fertilizing because garden success depends on how well those plants…
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Take a stroll through the Farmer’s Market now through the end of June and you’ll no doubt come across bunches of curlicue-stems of hardneck garlic, known as scapes. These twisting, Seuss-like stalks are quite delicious and highly sought after by many chefs and garlic lovers. What is a Garlic Scape? A scape is the flowering stalk of the hardneck garlic…
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I’m a vegetable gardener at heart, but I also love growing flowers. In the past, I’ve kept those areas within my garden separate – as many gardeners tend to do – having a dedicated area specifically for vegetables and another for annual and perennial flowers. But in recent years, I’ve mixed it up a bit with beautiful results. Now zinnias…
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To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow — Audrey Hepburn Gardens bring joy, beauty, and a purpose to our lives. They stir our senses: the sight of colorful tulips swaying in the breeze; the quiet hum of bees foraging for pollen; the fragrant smell of lilacs; the sweet taste of a sun-ripened strawberry; the softness of a rose…
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