Category: gardening

Family Farmers | P. Allen Smith Garden Style

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. P. Allen Smith brings a new style to his long-running series, exploring the many ways you can Grow, Cook, and Design all areas of your life! Discover ideas to spark your own creativity as the award-winning designer, gardening and lifestyle expert adds more…


Organic Farming | P. Allen Smith Garden Style

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. P. Allen Smith brings a new style to his long-running series, exploring the many ways you can Grow, Cook, and Design all areas of your life! Discover ideas to spark your own creativity as the award-winning designer, gardening and lifestyle expert adds more…


Conserving is Preserving | P. Allen Smith Garden Style

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. P. Allen Smith brings a new style to his long-running series, exploring the many ways you can Grow, Cook, and Design all areas of your life! Discover ideas to spark your own creativity as the award-winning designer, gardening and lifestyle expert adds more…


Community Gardening | P. Allen Smith Garden Style

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. P. Allen Smith brings a new style to his long-running series, exploring the many ways you can Grow, Cook, and Design all areas of your life! Discover ideas to spark your own creativity as the award-winning designer, gardening and lifestyle expert adds more…


If You Haven’t Tried Lovage—an Herb With the Flavor of Supercharged Celery—You’re Missing Out

I first felt the power of lovage in a box of Rapunzel brand Vegetable Bouillon With Herbs. After my first taste, I had to double-check the label to make sure that it was, indeed, meat-free. Then I read the fine print to figure out why. Along with some familiar suspects—garlic, celery, parsley, dill, basil, turmeric,…


Herb Gardening Is a Perfect Project for Beginners

Question: I have never tried planting herbs in my garden, so I don’t know what to do or how to get the seasonings from them. Is an herb garden too complicated for an ordinary gardener like me? Answer: You may have heard of herb gardens or kitchen gardens, or even gardens of herbs where the…


On Gardening: Aqua Blue Pots on a Hill the ‘Peace’ de Resistance

By Norman Winter From Tribune News Service   Aqua blue pots in the landscape and staggered on the side of a hill were not my idea, but my bride’s, the person who pops up on my phone as Jan My Love Winter. I have avoided this color like the plague for most of my life….


No Opportunity Wasted: Making the Most of Every Ingredient in the Kitchen

That half-bunch of kale is wilting in the fridge. There’s a lone carrot at the back of the crisper. And those apples have lost their crunch. Can anything be done to save them from the trash? Alexis deBoschnek says yes! That kale? It’s perfect, she would enthuse, for a massaged kale salad with lemon juice…


Crocus Problem and Salad Bowl Gardens

Q: Last fall we bought some crocus, daffodil, and tulip bulbs. The daffodils are blooming, but the crocus and tulips are not. The crocus leaves started to come up but then stopped. The tulip leaves are there, but there are no flowers. What do you think happened and what can we do to prevent it…


On Gardening: The Early Butterfly Gets the Verbena. Do You Have Them Planted?

By Norman Winter From Tribune News Service Swallowtails were early at The Garden Guy’s house this year. Thank goodness I had Superbena verbenas in full bloom. It is as if they had been given the task of announcing the arrival of spring and the butterfly season. On March 22, I photographed an eastern tiger swallowtail…