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Plants | Renegade Gardener - Part 7

Groundcovers for Shade

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Groundcovers for Shade On plant geek duty at busy garden centers I am usually approached by at least one homeowner, always male, who hems and haws and looks both ways before mumbling what is apparently a...

Broccoli Revelation

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Broccoli Revelation I have made reference to this before, how my line concerning vegetable gardening was always, “I don’t grow what I can buy at the co-op,” until that fateful day in...

Annual Disasters

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Annual Disasters Visit any nursery, garden center, roadside stand, home center or food store this time of year, and what do you see? Stacks and racks and flats of blooming annuals, ready for sale. Only one...

Orange Pines

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Orange Pines Last year, my yard received no measurable precipitation from August 12th to the end of the year. Measurable precipitation to me is enough rain collected in my wheelbarrow sitting out wherever...

The Gardener’s Beat

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason The Gardener’s Beat What endeavor apart from gardening brings one so closely in tune with the living, breathing, beating pulse of the earth? Had I begun my columns for this season amidst the...

Season’s End

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Season’s End Gardeners have different ways of knowing when the growing season is over. Some adhere to a strict date on the calendar, and knock off on the exact day that heralds the arrival of fall....