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My friend was in the South of France, and all I got was this bloomin’ photograph
My friend Maureen called me last week from an aerie in the South of France, describing how much I’d appreciate the fact that a balcony, adorned with herbs, wrapped around the length of the place —...
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No small potatoes: garden herbs boost flavor of picnic side dish
Memorial Day weekend marks the official opening of Chicago beaches and the unofficial start of picnic season. Besides hitting the shores, we also hit the parks — armed with grills and coolers — for our...
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Progress report: Hey, there’s actual progress to report!
The 4th of July was the kind of day every garden needs — to my mind, at least once a week or so. It rained all day, not a hard, raucous rain, but a soft and gentle one. A rain that caressed the plants...
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Easy green tips that small-space urban gardeners can embrace
Talk about tough love: This past weekend I came across a cautionary essay on purchasing Valentine’s Day flowers. The writer, bless his green heart, viewed the arguably commercial holiday through the...
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If garden is a work in progress, then start by working with what’s already there
Confession time. I didn’t clean up the wilted and battered relics of my balcony container garden at the end of last season before the soil froze over. I also have been slow to get this season’s garden...
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