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Have courage

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A long time ago Kit mentioned to a rather snobbish gardening friend that she was thinking of planting […]

Lise Jenkins February 25, 2021 Articles, Gardens and Management

Gifts for gardening sweethearts

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and finding the right present for a gardener can be frustrating […]

Lise Jenkins February 11, 2021 Articles, Gardens and Management

The maturing garden

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Generally, from a gardening standpoint, Kit enjoys the month of January. Typically, she peruses the garden catalogues that […]

Lise Jenkins January 21, 2021 Articles, Gardens and Management

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

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

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

Garden mania

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Alas, Kit is subjected to garden manias. During the years she has suffered through many of these obsessions: […]

Lise Jenkins October 29, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Thoughts on pesticides

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Kit makes a supreme effort to keep pesticides and herbicides where they belong: on the shelves of the […]

Lise Jenkins October 22, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Rain, in my garden

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As we slip from summer into fall, my garden looks different. New flowers are taking the stage as […]

Lise Jenkins October 15, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management, Soil and Water

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