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Gardening Small Goes Mobile: An Update

Last month, I wrote about my friend Penny’s salad table and cold frame on wheels.  Inside the table were all sorts of seedlings for salads. They survived our brief interim cold spell and continue to grow.  It looks like there’s … Continue reading

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Gardening Small Goes Mobile!

Late last summer, I wrote about two gardeners with big yields in small spaces.  Both were creative—using blueberries as foundation plantings and the driveway as a garden site.  Now my friend Penny has stepped up the game with an email … Continue reading

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Harvesting Before the Snow Squall

A line of snow squalls is blowing through northern Virginia today, bringing sharply colder temperatures, or as some might say, more seasonal weather.  Late last week, on an errand to the Arlington Central Library, I took some time to see … Continue reading

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Gardening Small: Building Containers

There are many approaches to container gardening—from small spaces on balconies to larger containers in yards or sunny spaces, and from kits, to built to measure, to salvaged containers.  My previous post on gardening small showed some of the results … Continue reading

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Gardening Small for Big Results: Part II

My last post on gardening small (other people’s gardens, 8/21/11) showed what you can do with a small space in the yard and foundation plantings of herbs, berry bushes, and other perennials.  But what do you do if the only … Continue reading

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