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Garden Rant: When an actual garden photographer comes to shoot

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by Susan One of the secret pleasures of gardeners who’ve gotten a little attention is to compare *really stupid questions that nongardening journalists ask us and the sometimes ridiculous things they want us to do for…

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Garden Rant: Growing food in Cuba, post-peak-oil

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by Susan The 2006 movie “Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil” is one of those underground things here in DC - with screenings in private homes of would-be revolutionaries, like enclaves of the American…

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Scotts Miracle Gro and Your Lawn

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Garden columnist Debra Smith writes to me after listening to a teleconference sponsored by the Garden Writers Association and Scotts Miracle Gro, “After sitting in on the teleconference, I feel a little dirty, but not…

And another one bites the dust

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Why does every sprayer and wand ever made, including the 50 or so I’ve gone through, suck to the ultimate degree of suckdom?

The Homeowners Association You'll Love Hating

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An old rant about homeowner associations and restrictive local laws recently received this comment about laws and rules that require perfect green lawns: I live in one of those lovely “Deed Restricted” communities. We…