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The Cindervale Pearl: Written and illustrated by my son, this book makes a great gift for those hard-to-gift people in your life. Get one for yourself, too!

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2024/10/28/the-cindervale-pearl-a-book/

The weather outside is frightful, so time to catch up on all the gardening shows you missed. Here's some tips to get the most out of your viewing time.

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2022/01/14/binge-watching-gardeners-world-a-guide-for-u-s-based-cold-climate-gardeners/

If you have a large garden, consider a broadfork when you're writing up your wishlist. A broadfork is a multi-purpose tool that tackles big jobs but is easy on your back. Follow the link to learn...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2021/12/06/have-you-considered-a-broadfork/

Minding the Garden makes me pause and think about my own garden, bringing back memories of its beauty. It's also reassuring to see how Lilactree Farm has changed in thirty years--there's hope for...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2020/11/24/minding-the-garden-book-review/

Two tools I got this year really saved my bacon. They just made the job at hand so much easier, and a couple of projects I thought were going to take weeks only took a few days. Oh, yeah, and I m...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2017/12/15/my-favorite-new-garden-tools-of-2017/

If you want to enjoy those last days of gardening before the soil either freezes over or gets buried in snow, you need to have "adequate clothing"--clothing you might not immediately think of as ...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2017/12/01/there-is-no-bad-weather-only-inadequate-clothing/

I‘m not going to pretend that you have a dozen gardeners in your life that you need to get gifts for. We all know these “gift guides” are to help your non-gardening loved ones know what to ...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2016/12/02/garden-gifts-to-hint-for/

While we’re on the subject of gifts–you may remember that I visited P. Allen’s Moss Mountain Farm back in May. One of the things I shared with you was this quirky bud vase pictured above, c...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2014/11/25/how-to-get-a-coupon-code-for-p-allen-smiths-gift-shop/

Should gardeners wear jewelry? Not while they’re gardening. Not if they’re smart. At least, they shouldn’t wear dangly trinkets that could get caught while the gardener is leaning over weed...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2014/11/25/should-gardeners-wear-jewelry/

What turns a bunch of plants into a garden? The area pictured above was just a scrubby patch of woods when we moved in. Two trees were removed. (You can see the stump of one of them under the lit...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2014/11/06/how-to-turn-a-bunch-of-plants-into-a-garden-a-bench-from-teak-closeouts/