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Bumblebees Love Purple

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Why Do Bees Have a Favorite Color? by Sandy Swegel   I visited one of my favorite suburban lawn alternative gardens yesterday.  It’s a true pollinator’s heaven of nectar and pollen, right on a neighborhood street. Full of perennial gaillardia and rudbeckia, and reseeding annual larkspur, cleome and sunflower, the garden uses about the same amount […]

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What to Unplant

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How to Help Your Plants Stay Productive by Sandy Swegel I’ve been watching my neighbor Tory’s vegetable garden with great interest this year. She worked as a farm intern (ie. Full-time farming, almost no money) the last couple of years and has brought farm techniques to her home garden. Yesterday as we enjoyed the latest […]

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First Things: Start More Seeds

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Seed Starting by Sandy Swegel I had the good fortune to go backstage, so to speak, at a CSA farm this week.  Lara’s farm is amazingly small. On just over an acre she almost single-handedly feeds 35 families.  She has an unheated greenhouse and a rototiller, but otherwise, that’s as high-tech as she goes.  Trying […]

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Sweet William Pinks – Dianthus barbatus

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Plants of this species are some of the oldest known cultivated flowers.  With dainty rose, pink, and white flowers and delightful scent, these colorful blooms are a standard for a classic wildflower gardens.  Clusters of bright blooms form at the top of sturdy stalks.  These are easily grown from seed and will usually bloom the second year.

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Broccoli, Romanesco, Org

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Romanesco Broccoli is actually a variation of a cauliflower, but usually listed with broccoli.  The descendent of wild Mediterranean kale was first documented in the 16th century in Italy.  Multiple, 4-5”, light green heads form with florets and stems clustered in ornate twists.  The heads have a soft texture and a distinct nutty-cauliflower flavor.

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Fall Gardening: Getting Ready

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Preparing Your Garden For Fall by Sandy Swegel What a great time of year this is.  And not just because the harvest is upon us and tomatoes are ripening and winter squash are filling out.  It’s a great time because school is starting again and school supplies are in the stores bringing up great memories […]