In gardens across North America, Europe, and beyond, we cultivate plants from all corners of the world. Our flower beds burst with Asian chrysanthemums, African… Read More »The Forgotten Plants: Indigenous Plants That Deserve a Comeback
Every gardener eventually faces a profound ethical dilemma hiding beneath the soil and between the leaves: when is it right to kill another living being?… Read More »The Ethics of Killing Pests: What Gardening Teaches About Life and Death
In an age of specialized gardening gadgets and power equipment, I decided to strip away modern conveniences and reconnect with agriculture’s ancient roots. For three… Read More »Gardening Without Tools: A Primitive, Hands-Only Gardening Experiment
In the mind of a novice gardener, a backyard is often perceived as a single, uniform growing environment. Plant care guides reinforce this notion with… Read More »Microclimates in Your Backyard: Understanding Sun, Shade, and Wind Patterns
In the concrete landscapes of urban centers worldwide, a quiet revolution is unfolding. Defying spatial constraints and conventional wisdom, apartment dwellers are transforming modest balconies… Read More »No-Space Gardening: Real-Life Stories of Balcony Farmers
In our achievement-oriented culture, parents often go to extraordinary lengths to shield children from failure. We cushion falls, intervene in conflicts, and sometimes even complete… Read More »Why Kids Should Fail in the Garden (and Why That’s Good)!
In a world obsessed with productivity and purpose, the garden seems like the last bastion of pure utility. After all, we grow vegetables to feed… Read More »Plants That Don’t Feed or Bloom: Why Some Gardeners Grow for Nothing?
In a single teaspoon of healthy soil, more microorganisms exist than there are humans on Earth—somewhere between 100 million and 1 billion individual life forms.… Read More »A Day in the Life of a Soil Microbe
When Eleanor Roosevelt planted a Victory Garden on the White House lawn in 1943, she wasn’t simply growing vegetables—she was making a political statement. Her… Read More »Gardening as a Political Act: Victory Gardens Then and Now
When I started gardening five years ago, I thought it would be straightforward: put plants in the ground, water them, and watch them grow. The… Read More »Garden Mistakes That Made Me a Better Human
