Think ahead to next spring and plant shrubs this fall. Autumn's warm days and cool nights give shrubs (and trees) opportunity to settle into the ground and dedicate energy to establishing
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Grow Flowers and Vegetables in Your Fall Garden
Fall is the best time to plant anything, or at least, most things. Autumn's cool nights and warm days give a fall garden
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A Visit with Joe Lamp’l in the Garden
For someone who loves gardening, I can’t imagine a better place to squish bugs than in Joe Lamp’l’s pristine vegetable
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Cobb County Master Gardeners Spring Garden Tour 2022
On a cool Saturday morning in mid-May, I got up early, got dressed and put on my new green tennis shoes that the
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Abra Lee’s “Conquer the Soil” on Salvation South
My story about horticulturist and historian Abra Lee and her upcoming book, "Conquer the Soil: Black America and the
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A Visit to Gibbs Gardens
Gibbs Gardens is a world-class garden in the North Georgia foothills. It's designed to shine through all seasons, and
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Head Planter
It was blue and had a sweet face, so I brought it home.
I've wanted a head planter for awhile, but it took some time
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Evil Tomato Hornworms
In my garden, I call them Evil Tomato Hornworms, with heightened emphasis on the E. I pronounce the name E-vil like
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A Visit to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia
I visited the State Botanical Garden in Athens in early June, on a hellaciously hot day perfect for viewing the full sun
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Garden Trippers at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens
This is the year I get back to my favorite place: in a garden, any garden, anywhere.
Early in the year, I gathered
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