Category Archives: Sustainable Gardening

When In Drought, Make Herb Salts

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Ann Lovejoy
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Genovese basil salt tastes fabulous Helping Pollinators Through Dry Summers My bee keeper friend Charles showed me a picture of his bees during our recent heat dome event. Except for a few guards left to mind the glass-sided hive, hundreds … Continue reading →

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Scabby Potatoes & Summery Salads

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Ann Lovejoy
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Scab is the athlete’s foot of the garden, present everywhere Cleaning Up Scabby Soil The Pea Patch I inherited produced a lot of volunteers this spring, relicts of past crops. I left a lot of the borage for the pollinators, … Continue reading →

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There’s Power In A Single Tree

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Ann Lovejoy
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Urban neighborhoods benefit even from tiny trees Planting Trees For People & The Planet During the recent heat dome event, walking through my increasingly urban neighborhood made the value of neighborhood trees clear. Even as temperatures soared, places where trees … Continue reading →

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Of Peas And Inner Peace

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Ann Lovejoy
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Tasty and beautiful garden bounty Snappy Summer Salads That Celebrate Peas As I harvest my peas, I often think about a friend who died some years ago. Dave Ullin was a big man in every sense of the word, large … Continue reading →

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