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Inviting in the Bugs: 11 Plants to Increase Garden Diversity
The Good, the bad and the ugly. Gardeners talk about bugs like they are characters in a Western; ladybugs in a white hat, aphids in black. Ecology, however, is much…
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What Are Garlic Scapes? Grow and Cook With This Garden Delicacy
Garlic scapes are a rare delicacy. In spring they briefly appear at farmer’s markets then disappear. You may have come across them at the farmer’s market, wondered what they were,…
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What I’m Reading: The Urban Homestead
There is a movement happening in America’s cities. A movement of people who map edible trees in their neighborhoods and eat weeds growing from cracks in the sidewalk. These people…
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Wild Foraging: How to Make Horehound Cough Drops
When candy shops spelled shop ‘shoppe’ and children saved their nickels to buy candy cigarettes, you could buy unwrapped horehound cough drops covered in powdered sugar. These cough drops were…
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How to Make Calendula Salve From Your Own Flowers
First, let’s clear some confusion. Calendula (Calendula officinalis) is a European native that often goes by its common name ‘pot marigold.’ However, the plant that goes by the common name…