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A garden need a soul

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It’s a new year, 2021, and it’s time to plan for the garden. Spring is almost here! Continue […]

Lise Jenkins January 14, 2021 Articles, Gardens and Management

Doing something about the weather

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Before we write off 2020 as a year to forget, I’d like to point out that it was […]

Lise Jenkins January 2, 2021 Articles, Gardens and Management

Soil for Christmas

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We have a tradition in our house. My husband asks what I want for Christmas. I reply, “a […]

Lise Jenkins December 24, 2020 Articles, Soil and Water

Kudzu, a tale of mismanagement

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Kudzu strikes terror in every good Southerner’s heart. Few of us doubt the myth that it can grow […]

Lise Jenkins December 17, 2020 Articles, Plants

Please, wear your gloves

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Kit is always amazed at how many people fail to don their garden gloves while gardening. Her gardening […]

Lise Jenkins December 10, 2020 Articles, Resources and Tools

A tale of olive oil

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Long ago, in the Dark Ages, the only olive oil found in upscale markets were ½ pint bottles, […]

Lise Jenkins December 3, 2020 Articles

How sweet they are

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There are some people who, while they appear sensible, are not fans of the sweet potato. I, on […]

Lise Jenkins November 26, 2020 Articles, Plants

Garden Latin

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New gardeners inevitably ask us: Why does the horticultural world insist upon inflicting an ersatz Latin upon us? […]

Lise Jenkins November 19, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Helpful partnerships

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A package unexpectedly arrived from my father. It seems he may had plans to kill off his only […]

Lise Jenkins November 12, 2020 Articles, Plants

The story of a fence

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When Kit moved to North Carolina from New York in 1992, she knew very little about gardening. Gardening […]

Lise Jenkins November 5, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

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