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Category Archive: Gardens and Management

Freedom in the garden

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With the Fourth of July upon us, Kit has been thinking about freedom in the garden. Sometimes she […]

Lise Jenkins July 4, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management, Plants

How safe is glyphosate?

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Recently, newspapers have covered stories connecting glyphosate to specific cases of cancer. Since glyphosate is the main ingredient […]

Lise Jenkins June 27, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management

Patience: a gardening virtue

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The longer Kit gardens the more she has to resist the urge to start over with a clean […]

Lise Jenkins June 7, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management, Plants

A garden tale

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There was a time when gardeners could actually garden without the deer problem. There was a time when […]

Lise Jenkins April 11, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management

The fine art of fertilizing

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There comes a time when gardeners have to think about fertilizing their plants — a topic that makes […]

Lise Jenkins April 4, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management

‘Easy Gardening’ is a lie

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Articles proclaiming “Easy Steps to a Beautiful Garden” are lying to you. Gardeners encourage others to take up […]

Lise Jenkins March 25, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management

A gardener’s responsibility

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A packet of seeds, intended to catch my eye, arrived in the mail. A seed company in a […]

Lise Jenkins March 20, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management

Pruning projects for days ahead

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The cold weather has kept me indoors for weeks and I’m frantic to get out into the garden […]

Lise Jenkins March 14, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management

Finding Joy in your garden

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Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo has Americans searching their attics for joy. Through her new Netflix show, books, […]

Lise Jenkins February 21, 2019 Articles, Gardens and Management

Letting go, just a bit, of my garden

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I admit, there are moments when I think my garden might be better off if I stepped back. […]

Lise Jenkins December 27, 2018 Articles, Gardens and Management

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