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Gardening, gremlins, curtains: Three things that should have nothing in common
Posted by SteveA One sign that you might be a gremlin? You don’t like bright light.
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The Worst Plant Tag Ever
Posted by SteveA Questions for the author of the tag for a plant named "Green Plant."
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Pick the next cover of Fine Gardening
Posted by SteveA It's not easy picking a cover for Fine Gardening, nor is it fun (OK it is). But trying to guess what will sell and what won't is almost impossible. Sure, you can weed out the long...
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What are the best hand pruners?
Posted by SteveA Many gardeners consider Felcos to be the beginning and end of the discussion on pruners. Are they right?
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Maybe lawns aren't bad for the environment
Posted by SteveA Perhaps the problem is with the person tending the lawn
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The Hard Truths of Gardening
Posted by SteveA The deer had to step around a couple of shrubs and over two or three perennials they normally devour to get to my bronze fennel, which they hadn’t eaten in all the years I had been...
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The Mystery of Sunset Zone 33
Posted by SteveA Is my Sunset Zone more useful than my USDA Hardiness Zone? Or is that just what THEY want me to think?
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Green Roof Plants Get Put to the Test
Posted by SteveA Which plants work best on green roofs? Who better to test than The Chicago Botanic Garden. Not only does Chicago sport a huge number of green roofs, but also the CBG is one of the...
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Proof that Fine Gardening Makes You a Better Gardener
Posted by SteveA We always say that Fine Gardening makes you a better gardener, and there is no doubt that this guy knows how to grow plants. We do not, however, help you escape the law. Watch this...
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Take the Fine Gardening survey
Posted by SteveA Tell us what you thought of our November/December issue
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My Secret Shame
Posted by SteveA I kill houseplants. My modus operandi is not to water them. Sometimes, just for a change, I will put them outside--to catch some rain or something--and then leave them...
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Catalog Review: Bluestone Perennials
Posted by SteveA On one side of me, a six-year-old is singing the theme to SpongeBob SquarePants as loud as she can. On the other side, an eighteen-month old screams out for "more bah-bo," whatever...
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My Must-Have Tomato
Posted by SteveA Everyone has a tomato that they plant year after year. What is yours?
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Posted by SteveA Are school gardens valuable? Or do they take students' eyes off of more important topics?
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Lawn Problems
Posted by SteveA Next to invasive plants, lawns have become the most hated thing in gardening. The evidence usually offered against lawns makes sense: They take up too much water, fertilizer,...
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The 10 Easiest Plants to Grow from Seed
Posted by SteveA The top ten easiest plants to grow from seed, according to a list created by the Home Garden Seed Association.
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And so it begins...
Posted by SteveA Fine Gardening editor Steve Aitken attempts to grow every Rudbeckia he can get his hands on.
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So far, so good
Posted by SteveA One week in and I haven’t killed anything yet. This is a good sign. I can’t say there weren’t some close calls: Rudbeckia foliage breaks easily, and I am an oafish fumbler even when...
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From the editor...
Posted by SteveA Musings from editor Steve Aitken on the July/August 2010 issue of Fine Gardening: echinaceas, common vs. botanical names, and more.
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