There have recently been increasing outbreaks in our area of a particularly pernicious weed, Lesser Celandine.  If you’ve visited Rock Creek Park, Northwest Branch, Sligo Creek or other urban stream areas in the last few weeks, you’ve...

Use our 6 P’s to help you achieve Tomato Bliss this summer: Picking Placing Planting Pruning Pairing Protecting If you follow these steps carefully, you’ll be able to really enjoy the 7th and best “P”: Plate! Picking There are 2 major types of...

Green Mulch? Yes, Green Mulch! Not because Saint Patrick’s Day is around the corner, and not because we’ve given up all our principles and recommend using one of those dyed mulches that leach scary chemicals into the ground… ‘Green mulch’ isn’t...

1. Why to prune in February – Proper pruning helps ensure attractive, healthy, productive plants when spring arrives. 2. Get ready – Sharpen your tools. A sharp pruning cut is essential to a plant’s health. 3. Do your pruning right...

Peas take nitrogen from the atmosphere and ‘fix’ it in the soil. Adding beneficial bacteria to the soil through an inoculant helps the peas do this extra efficiently. Here’s a good system for inoculating peas (and beans for that...

Getting ready to plant peas: apprentice gardener Kris learns how to pull winter weeds, add compost and turn the soil. Love this excuse to pass off the heavy lifting and just show up for the planting….