Gardening has been a favorite pastime for generations. Whether you’re growing vegetables, fruits or flowers, there are many reasons to incorporate this popular hobby into your life. It can give you a sense of accomplishment, help you connect with nature, do great things for your environment and so much more. Our top five reasons....

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It is beautifully cool tonight as I write this post; low humidity, a cool 72 degrees, full moon. It feels like Football Season. You have no idea how much I love Football Season. I may or may not have an addiction to NCAA Football, perhaps more than my husband. I can sit at home on a Saturday, turn on ESPN,....

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I love my job. I really do. I travel all over creation and back, to tell the stories of people and places doing great things for the planet through gardening. Not a bad gig, I’ll admit. But variety is the spice of life, and once in a while, we all need a break from the rigors and routines of our everyday life. For me, that near-daily grind means one airport after....

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Call me a wimp if you want, but I’ve just emerged from the sick and twisted depths of tomato plant disease, and I literally feel faint. I really don’t know what it is about tomato plant disease that inspires a strong negative physical response in me. Past experience, maybe? Or perhaps the abundance of information using loaded descriptive terms like &ldqu....

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My plants arrived in a soggy box, thanks to one of those infamous April downpours. I took them to the kitchen, opened up the box, and let my precious seedlings absorb a little light through the glass sliding door. I may have also whispered a pep talk to them, like a football coach in a rebuilding year, talking to a roomful of rookies.

See, last year was a disaster of....

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