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How to Make a Flower Press

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DIY Hugelkultur Planter Boxes

Mary Jane Duford

The Sky's the Limit: Vertical Gardening

Sheryl Campbell

Lessons in Intercropping

Sheryl Campbell

Hobby Gardens

Sherry Smith

Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is one of my favorite local shrubs. I can’t decide whether I like it most for its unique leaves or its spectacular flowers. The yellow flowers bloom from September through November, most startlingly after the leaves have dropped in fall. Yellow explosions of floral fireworks set off against the bare, dark gray […]

Homemade Comfrey Plantain Salve

Joanna Ridenour

Summer Herbs

Sherry Smith

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Dawn Combs

Skin-Soothing Calendula Salve

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The Colors of Autumn

Elizabeth Janoski

September 1 marks the first day of meteorological autumn. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explains that meteorological seasons are based on changes in temperature and are therefore more accurate predictors of weather changes than the solstice and equinox dates of the astronomical calendar. The air is indeed a bit cooler here in the […]