Community Gardening 101: How to Water
Gardeners take water for granted—until it's scarce. A guide to keeping vegetables happy with a precious resource.
Gardeners take water for granted—until it's scarce. A guide to keeping vegetables happy with a precious resource.
Gifts of plants, shared tools, and neighbors who pitch in remind a gardener that plots raise relationships as well as crops
Two novice gardeners worry about timing, and experience the challenge of tending verdant biological clocks
A new gardener is reminded to learn to wait—chives may be up and ready, but the rest of the garden is just sprouts
Rain and unseasonable heat threaten a home gardener's community plot, but the first signs of crops emerge. Too bad a green thumb doesn't prevent weeds.
Old crops and weeds make way for planting—and the hope that April plowers will bring May sprouters
An agricultural neophyte girds herself with research and sets out for a new destination: an 11- by 14-foot plot
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