fruitful landscapes: the beginning of a meals forest, with michael judd
THE TERM “meals forest” from the permaculture world sounds large—like if I urged you begin one, you’d in all probability say, “I don’t have room for a forest of any…
February 2024
seed catalogs to like, with jennifer jewell
HO-HO-HO: It’s seed season, amongst different festive causes to rejoice in December. At this time I invited a equally seed-obsessed buddy, Jennifer Jewell, to assist me curate some seed-catalog suggestions…
a backyard of delights, with author ross homosexual
THE WORDS pleasure and delight determine prominently in author Ross Homosexual‘s work, and so do moments he spends in his backyard and descriptions of his relationship to vegetation. Now could…
it is edimental: the showiest tropical edibles, with marianne willburn
MARIANNE WILLBURN appreciates the daring and sometimes vertical factor that some favourite tropical vegetation add to her temperate backyard. However perhaps the perfect of all are those that additionally present…
ripening tomatoes—and saving seed, with craig lehoullier
AROUND THIS TIME every summer time, I look ahead to the onslaught of recent tomatoes whereas on the identical time hoping in opposition to hope that what I name tomato…
ujamaa seeds, ‘vessels of cultural heritage,’ with bonnetta adeeb
LIKE ANY GARDENER looking forward to one other rising season, I’m deep into the seed catalogs, dreaming of issues to return. However many seeds additionally supply us a window to…
‘wild plant tradition:’ edible and medicinal natives, with jared rosenbaum
IN HIS NEW BOOK, “Wild Plant Tradition,” restoration ecologist Jared Rosenbaum says one thing provocative about gardening with native crops. “It’s time to develop our imaginative and prescient previous supporting…
the best way to develop shallots (+ some late-season succession ideas), with okay greene
I SAW A VIDEO REEL on social media the opposite day of a harvest of shallots, and it made me understand that I haven’t grown these scrumptious little Allium bulbs…
on the brink of stash the tender vegetation, with marianne willburn
IT IS NOT TIME fairly but right here for what I name the mad stash, storing these non-hardy vegetation for the winter that we want to hold alive for one…
fruit: some shocking historical past, and rising recommendation, with lee reich
‘TIS THE SEASON after I’m making extra applesauce to freeze and baking pears for dessert (or for breakfast), so what sweeter subject for at the moment’s episode than fruit? Lee…