Category Archives: Victory Gardens
February Giveaway: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Small-Space Gardening
February is the perfect time to start getting serious about your spring garden. To help you out, I’m giving away a copy of my friend Chris McLaughlin‘s new book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Small-Space Gardening. This month I’m leaving … Continue reading
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Interview with Greg Grant
Today, as part of this week’s giveaway, we have a virtual interview with Greg Grant, coauthor of Heirloom Gardening in the South. On Thursday, I’ll share with you some of his favorite Texas garden resources. A prolific gardener and writer–in … Continue reading
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January Giveaway: Heirloom Gardening in the South
It’s January, and that means that most gardeners have visions of seeds and seedlings dancing in their heads. Naturally, this makes for an ideal time to host a garden book giveaway, right? I’m going with a personal favorite this month, … Continue reading
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How to Make Seed Envelopes from Post-It Notes
Normally I’d be sharing with y’all a postcard from my collection, but since I did that earlier in the week, it makes sense to give some time today to gardening. Because, let’s face it, those seed catalogs are hitting mailboxes … Continue reading
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Media & Web Watch: Victory Garden Happenings Coast-to-Coast
• Isn’t the orange poster at right divine? The “Victory Garden: A Summer Tradition” indeed! The graphic’s for Two Fish Gallery‘s twelfth anniversary fling up on June 25 in Elkhart Lake, WI. More details here. • Another event worth checking … Continue reading
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The Snapshot of a Movement?
I’ve said before that ours is the third serious wave of victory gardening stateside in the last century. But now I wonder if, technically speaking, we might be on our fourth? Exhibit A: A Google News timeline for the phrase … Continue reading
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Cue the Trumpets!
It’s time to declare 2010 the summer of “Victory Garden Museum Installations.” (Okay, that’s not exactly a snappy name.) You’ll remember earlier posts here and here. Well, today I discovered that the Museum of San Ramon Valley in California has … Continue reading
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