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Winter Wait

For we northern gardeners, there is a waiting process this time every year. Here are a few things to do while we await the spring… and for you southerners… here’s just a dusting of winter white.

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Fine Gardening and the Garden Photo of the Day blog now have their very own Pinterest pages...and they're looking gorgeous!

Catalog Review: Seeds From Italy

Seeds From Italy is the U.S. distributor for Franchi Sementi, Italy’s oldest family-owned seed company.

Grow Fruit Naturally

Lee Reich's new book is a beautiful and informative guide to growing fruit in your backyard. If fruit trees and berries are in your 2012 gardening plans, download a free chapter and get ready to plant.

Small-Space Gardening Book Review

If you enjoy reading contributing editor Chris McLaughlin’s weekly posts about vegetable gardening, you’ll love her new book on gardening in small spaces.

Some thoughts on Groundhog Day

You say groundhogs, I say woodchucks. Either way, February 2 is their special day.

Growing Oregano In the Kitchen Herb Garden

Oregano requires very little attention and happily produces many pungent, aromatic leaves with the most basic care. Pots or containers make a perfect home for oregano, which makes it handy for back porches or those with limited garden space.

Catalog Review: Abundant Life Seeds

Abundant Life Seeds has been producing organic, Biodynamic & sustainably-grown seeds since 1975.

Fennel

In my recent gather-greens-before-the-freeze foray to Sharp Farm, I had the great fortune to harvest some lovely small fennel bulbs, which I prepared and enjoyed. Read more about this high-in-fiber, tasty vegetable bulb and its herbal relations. Be sure to click on the delicious recipe for Braised Fennel!

Stark Bro's Nurseries and Orchards Catalog Review

Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards continues a long tradition of helping home gardeners grow fruit, nuts, berries and ornamental plants. Every catalog displays its tagline prominently: “A Growing Legacy Since 1816."

Are Last Year's Seeds Still Good?

Your unused seeds may be viable for several years, depending on the type of seed and the storage conditions.

Grow Heirloom Sweet and Hot Peppers in Your Vegetable Garden

Just like all of the other vegetables out there, when you choose to grow heirloom sweet or bell peppers, a whole new world is opened up to you.

Caging to Prevent Cross-Pollination of Vegetable Varieties

Caging is one type of physical barrier technique that allows heirlooms and open-pollinated plants to produce pure seed.

Fisher's Seeds Catalog

Longing for an old-fashioned approach to vegetable gardening? Then you’ll appreciate the no-nonsense attitude of the catalog from Fisher’s Seeds in Belgrade, Mont.

• Garden Clips $9.95
• Gardening Grids, Set of 2 $11.95
• Cape Cod Weeder, Right-Handed $39.95
• Low Frost Pop-Up, 3' x 6' $39.95
• Spiral Obelisk, Large $39.95
• 6' x 6' Shade Net $14.95

10 Tips on Dividing Perennial Plants
Divide to make healthier plants--and more of them

How to Make Leaf Mold
Fall leaves make an organic soil amendment and mulch

Worm Composting
Turn your kitchen scraps into nutrient-rich compost

Six Tips for Effective Weed Control
Here are some proven methods for controlling weeds in your garden

Abundant Indoor Blooms
Success with house plants such as African violets, gloxinias, Cupid's bowers, Cape primroses, and flame violets depends on consistent moisture and light

Great Plants for a Fall Cutting Garden
Rely on colorful, long-stemmed plants to keep your vases filled as the season winds down

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii'

Picea sitchensis 'Papoose'

Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'

Sciadopitys verticillata

Pinus nigra

Thuja occidentalis 'Emerald'

The Pruning Book Lee Reich The ultimate guide to pruning strategies and techniques more info...

Starting from Seed From the editors of Fine Gardening A complete guide to getting great results! more info...

Container Gardening From the editors of Fine Gardening 250 design ideas & step-by-step techniques more info...