Category: Greetings from Zone 5
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Gardening can be a year-round hobby
No, it’s not time to plant the onions. Now come inside. Photo by ivars-4324357 As far as winters go, the winter of 2023-24 has been fairly mild, (and I am fully aware that I just jinxed not only myself but also the whole Northeast, but I needed an opening paragraph. If people have to suffer through…
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Asparagus can reward patient gardeners for years
I’ve always been partial to perennials. In my early gardening days, the thought of planting something and having it return year after year with no upkeep appealed to me. As I got more experienced, I quickly figured out that’s not how gardening works, but the thought of only purchasing something once still hits me where…
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Starting a vegetable garden can be an expensive hobby
Have you seen the price of produce lately? Rutabagas are through the roof. (Full disclosure. I’ve never bought a rutabaga in my life. But saying the price of lettuce is through the roof doesn’t have the same impact. It’s the alliteration.) Whether you took up gardening in 2020 during the pandemic or were inspired to…
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