Style Garden: In Praise Of Persimmon Trees (And Where To Source Them) The author says hybrid varieties are optimal, but it's a challenge to find them in catalogs or online. By Thomas Christopher
Made in Wisconsin, the Treadlite Broadfork comes in five models suitable for ground breaking, loose tilling and fine tilling. Style Garden: To Dig Or Not To Dig? What’s good for the garden — the broadfork — is good for the gardener, too. By Thomas Christopher
Style Be A Better Gardener: Plant Now, Enjoy Next Spring Plant spring ephemerals for an early spring bloom and a boost to the local ecosystem. By Thomas Christopher
Style Garden: Chrysanthemums for Keeps How "hardy" are chrysanthemums, really? Here's what you need to know to find perennial mums that really are. By Thomas Christopher
Minimize garden weeds by planting “thugs” like evening primrose (Oenothera fruticose) as a ground cover. Style Garden: Weeding The Organic Way An expert explains how she manages her plantings in such a way as to minimize weeds’ opportunities. By Thomas Christopher
Putting down a surface of wood chips on wide paths like Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Woodland Trail eliminates cover for ticks, decreasing the possibility of picking them up in transit. Style The (Sort Of) Good News About This Tick Season There’s a website to help you identify ticks, and products to treat your clothes to ward them off. By Thomas Christopher
Sow seeds now of cool-loving annuals like snapdragon for a colorful and rewarding fall display. Style Garden: Reconsidering Annuals For Late Summer Blooms Perennial flowers have the advantage of persistence, but annuals allow you to have two or more displays each season. By Thomas Christopher
Damask rose Style Garden: Rose Hunting, A Different Approach To Rose Acquisition Here's how (and why) to start your own roses rather than buy them from a nursery. By Thomas Christopher
Why use precious potable water on landscape irrigation when harvesting water using a cistern is an alternative? Style Garden: Harvesting H2O Learn how a passive rain harvesting system will help you manage water wisely. By Thomas Christopher
Lobelia, a "native lawn" wildflower favorite. Style Garden: Consider A Native Lawn A horticulturist encourages us to nurture a native lawn, and what that means for the environment. By Thomas Christopher
