“The word ‘cultivar’ (short for ‘cultivated variety’) entered the English language in 1923. It applies to plants selected or bred for their desirable traits...
“Four essential physical factors affect how successful your garden will be: temperature, soil, light and water. … Considering these factors from the beginni...
“Cultivating indigenous microorganisms is an exciting and effective method to capture soil microbes and introduce them into the growing area.”
— Nigel...
"It's time to prioritize and select a specific number of each type of plants to invite as guests into your garden each season of the year based on your food...
“A beautiful kitchen garden at the season’s peak can seem like it’s made of a million things. But underneath the overflowing herbs, vining tomatoes and brig...
“A kitchen garden is the missing piece in the pursuit of a whole and happy life.”
— Nicole Johnsey Burke, “Kitchen Garden Revival,” 2020
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"[I]f you are preparing a flower border or vegetable patch for cultivation, you should dig it as well as possible before beginning planting. " - Monty Don, "The...
"The great beauty of an herbaceous plant is the never-ending element of surprise that comes with its renewal each spring. " - Monty Don, "The Complete Gardener,...
"I am always happy to be in my potting shed. It is a retreat from the cares of the world and yet a place for quiet, concentrated work. " - Monty Don, "The Compl...
"For many years, gardeners saw nature as something that had to be tamed if the garden was to perform at its best. But organic gardening depends upon working wi...
"[H]umans would last only a few months if insects were to disappear from Earth. It is remarkable, then, that our cultural relationship with insects is not one o...
"If we connect tiny isolated natural areas by building biological corridors between them, the species that live there can intermingle and increase their populat...
CORVALLIS - As more people discover the joys of gardening during the pandemic, the Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener program has introdu...
"It is tempting to garden only for beauty, without regard to the many ecological roles our landscapes must perform. All too often, such narrow gardening goals r...
"In the future we will have to change to a diet that is largely plant-based with much less meat, especially red meat. This will not only reduce the amount of sp...
"With the advent of farming, our options increased, and our relationship with nature changed. We came to regard the wild world as something to tame, to subdue a...
"For me a garden without my dogs would be as empty as a garden without plants. " - Monty Don, "Nigel: My Family and Other Dogs," 2017. On Monday, just before 4:...
"This is the true tragedy of our time: the spiraling decline of our planet's biodiversity. " - David Attenborough, "A Life on Our Planet," 2021. I'm writing thi...
