Article Archives: Going Green Gardening

Mini-Greenhouse Extends Your Garden’s Growing Season

October 10, 2013 | by Peter Kuhns

Did you start a late autumn garden, or are your brassicas growing at a glacial pace? Add weeks of additional frost-free growing conditions to your garden with this simple project. Floating row covers are great, and they’re easy to install, but urban gardeners who use raised beds can create a … Read More

Plant Now!

September 19, 2013 | by Ed Myers

I suspect I am not alone when I say I often tire of gardening in the fall.  However, unlike some who think of spring as the best time to plant I know that fall’s the better time.  Therefore, I gather up my trowel and small spade and continue to plant … Read More

If You Haven’t Visited This Site, You Should

August 15, 2013 | by Ed Myers

The original Garfield Park Conservatory was completed in 1915 and reflected the soft gentle style of the Victorian age. At the time, it consisted of a Palm House, two show houses, two plant houses, a propagation house and a small service building. It was replaced 39 years later (1954) with … Read More

The Garden’s Buzzing

August 1, 2013 | by Ethel Winslow

A few weeks ago I went on a tirade about my hatred of weeds, so I thought I’d balance things out by talking about my love of bees. I love all (almost all) animals, but my top two are dogs and bees. While dogs are a no-no in the garden … Read More

The Annual “I Hate Weeds” Column

July 18, 2013 | by Ethel Winslow

In agriculture the Thistle is the recognized sign of untidiness and neglect, being found not so much in barren ground, as in good ground not properly cared for. It has always been a plant of ill repute among us; Shakespeare classes ‘rough Thistles’ with ‘hateful Docks,’ and further back in … Read More