Tackling challenges like rabbits, plant diseases, and other bummer topics.
- Assigning grades: native perennials for a front yard
Taking a moment to review and remember to inform my decisions as fall planting approaches. - What killed my lawn? How to make organic lawns look good
For new gardeners who wonder why their lawns died - Pollen count: ways to beat seasonal allergies
Dealing with seasonal allergies–and hot to recognize ragweed. - Bright spots in a tough week: free plants and progress fighting pests
In a week filled with big stories, the news in my garden continues to be about free plants and discouraging pests—kind of a theme, come to think of it. - Missouri whine: meet the beetles
A post about protecting a grapevine from Japanese beetles and other dangers, plus some history of Missouri’s wine-growing industry
Recent posts you may have missed
- Why are native plants important?
- Is your neighborhood a toxic chemical hotspot?
- Simple past, present progressive: What I did and am doing
- Remembering Eleanor Perényi, who was more than a garden writer
- Reviewing The Gardener’s Year, by Karel Čapek
- Paper gardening: a look at We Made a Garden, a garden writing classic
- Assigning grades: native perennials for a front yard
- What killed my lawn? How to make organic lawns look good
- Dreams come true: visiting the chateaux of the Loire
- A conversation withTalis Bergmanis
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