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Finding Frost

Saxon Holt — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:39:46 +0000

When we go out into the garden to take pictures, we don’t always find what we expect. So don’t get locked into seeing what you want to see. See what is. When my friend Kate Frey suggested I might want to photograph the tapestries of winter vegetables she planted at Lynmar Winery I could hardly [...]

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Garden or Museum – what’s the big deal with heirloom veg?

Noel Kingsbury — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:44:55 +0000

Heirloom vegetables and flowers (or as well call them over here – heritage) have been big for some time now. Much more so in North America than home. In fact I am always really surprised about how enthusiastic American gardeners are about ‘vegetables our grandmothers grew’. The love of heirloom veg however goes along with [...]

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Picture This – Photographing Abundance

Saxon Holt — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:15:30 +0000

There is still time to send in your photos for this months contest. The theme is Abundant Harvest which we kicked off with a smorgasbord of photos, all of which are interpretations of the theme. Rules and prizes in the October 5 post. I should remind our readers that the photos do not have to [...]

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Picture This Photo Contest for October

Saxon Holt — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:15:12 +0000

“It’s the 5th of the month of October which means a new Picture This Photo Contest . After having completed 6 months of what we initially said was an experiment, we can confidently say that Picture This has not only become a fun and much participated in contest but has also evolved into a photographic resource for gardeners who want to [...]

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Recession Gardens

Nancy J. Ondra — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:09:40 +0000

Victory gardens are so last century. Now, according to CNN, at least, the time has come for “recession gardens.” CNN.com picked up a story for their web site from user-generated ireport.com on ‘Recession gardens’ trim grocery bills, teach lessons. I doubt that the stats on the increased interest in gardening will be a surprise to any [...]

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School Gardens: It’s Never Too Early To Start

Fran Sorin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:13:44 +0000

In my home away from home, Israel, I am lucky enough to be living in a model neighborhood in North Tel Aviv that has three schools within a one quarter-mile radius. The one that I walk by every day, literally around the block from me, is a pre-school. It’s nothing fancy but is considered to be [...]

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