State of the Garden 11.1.25: The Night is on the Mind

There's [garden] activities a-plenty in the nighttime.

Nov 1 • 

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September 2025

State of the Garden 9.1.25: Eat a Lot of Peaches

Blow up your TV, etc.

Sep 2 • 

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August 2025

Ode to an Heirloom

What’s the value of an old apple?

Aug 15 • 

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July 2025

Plant Immortality

Gardens as reservoirs of memory.

Jul 15 • 

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State of the Garden 7.1.25

In which things are a bit of a mess.

Jul 1 • 

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May 2025

The Garden Grows

The song “Johnny’s Garden” by Stephen Stills provided this blog’s title as well as its aspiration, especially the third verse:

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State of the Garden 5.1.25: Faith

Plus: frog report, and this month's Star of the Garden.

May 1 • 

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April 2025

How Fast Can You Build Soil Organic Matter?

I take on the world speed record in my backyard.

Apr 13 • 

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State of the Garden 4.1.25: Waiting for Wood Frogs

Signs of Spring

Apr 1 • 

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March 2025

Beware the Ides of March

Roman History meets Biodynamic Gardening

Mar 15 • 

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Techbro Supernova

Ego gratification on a galactic scale.

Mar 1 • 

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February 2025

Designing the Chartres Garden

“Strive to have your garden be like nowhere else on earth.”

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