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Gardening has a habit of looking simple right up until you actually try it.

Here, you’ll find the occasional detour into unusual plants, old gardening habits, and ideas worth borrowing from people who were getting soil under their fingernails long before any of us arrived.

I’m less interested in perfect gardens than useful ones, and far more interested in figuring out why something works than simply being told that it does.

Leave the Leaves Under Your Trees This Fall. Bumble Bee Queens Are Sleeping in Them
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Leave the Leaves Under Your Trees This Fall. Bumble Bee Queens Are Sleeping in Them

Autumn has a way of making otherwise reasonable gardeners suspicious of anything lying on the ground. … Leave the Leaves Under Your Trees This Fall. Bumble Bee Queens Are Sleeping in ThemRead more

by Mitch Stevenson•October 9, 2026October 20, 2026
The Gardening Method We Got From WWI Trenches
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The Gardening Method We Got From WWI Trenches

Imagine spending four years constructing one of the largest killing machines Europe had ever seen and … The Gardening Method We Got From WWI TrenchesRead more

by Mitch Stevenson•October 5, 2026October 20, 2026
Things I’ve Learned With Dirt Under My Nails
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Things I’ve Learned With Dirt Under My Nails

Gardening looked suspiciously peaceful before I actually did much of it. Pictures had led me to … Things I’ve Learned With Dirt Under My NailsRead more

by Mitch Stevenson•September 29, 2026October 5, 2026
10 Small Tricks Garden Designers Use to Brighten a Dark Corner
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10 Small Tricks Garden Designers Use to Brighten a Dark Corner

Every garden seems to have a dark corner that might sit behind the shed, squeeze itself … 10 Small Tricks Garden Designers Use to Brighten a Dark CornerRead more

by Mitch Stevenson•September 25, 2026October 2, 2026

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