Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on 29 March 2017. What to do this week Garden planning time is the perfect time to think about what is needed for saving your own seeds. Even at the home level you want to do it properly, which means, you want toRead More
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Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on 22 March 2017. It may surprise you, as it surprised me, to find out that farming is a political act. And like other forms of politics, it has opposing sides and competing interests as well as philosophical divisions. Quite a lot ofRead More
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Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on 15 March 2017. (But, like pretty much everything in Michelle Smith’s archive, it’s still relevant.) What to do this week This week we are going to start our cold weather greens, things that you can start in the house and get intoRead More
Editor’s Note: I saw the seeds on display in the hardware store recently and realized it was time to re-start the gardening column. This one was first published on 1 March 2017. What to do this week March is the month for winter care of trees and shrubs. TheyRead More
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Editor’s Note: I noticed the seeds on display at the hardware store this past weekend and realized it was time to bring back the gardener, so here’s a column that first appeared on 22 February 2017. What to do this week This week I want to talk about stratifyingRead More
Editor’s Note: We’ve been reaching back into Michelle Smith’s archive for gardening tips and this week, we found a good one about what to do when you’ve downed tools for the winter. (This column first appeared in November 2019). What to do this week It’s time to hang upRead More
Editor’s note: We are reaching into Michelle Smith’s archives for tips that remain as timely now as when they were first published — which, in the case of today’s item, was 17 October 2017. What to do this week This week is a good time to care for yourRead More
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Editor’s Note: We’re reaching into Michelle Smith’s archive to provide gardening tips as timely now as when they first appeared — which today’s column did on 17 October 2018. What to do this week This is a great week to pot up a few of your herbs, if youRead More
Editor’s Note: We’re reaching into Michelle’s Smith’s archives for posts as useful now as when they were first published, like this one, which we last shared on 7 October 2020. What to do this week You might need a garden shovel or something similar in the next month orRead More
Editor’s Note: We’re reaching into Michelle’s Smith’s archives for posts as useful now as when they were first published. This was last republished on 30 September 2020. What to do this week I think we had better talk about planting garlic. It’s getting to be that time. I know itRead More
