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Nanette Maxim

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Gardening 101: Ring of Chile Fire

Growing peppers can make you fall for extremes, from sweet Italians to red-hot Thai.
08.10.09
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Gardening 101: In Praise of Eggplant

It may not be America’s favorite vegetable, but in this garden, eggplant makes magic.
07.27.09
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Gardening 101: Playing in the Dirt

Give a kid a garden, and let the games begin.
07.20.09
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Gardening 101: Before and After the Blight

Widespread in the Northeast, late blight is a tomato and potato disease you need to know about, and fast.
07.13.09
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Gardening 101: Tomato Support Group

It ain’t heavy; it’s my tomato plant. And it needs help now, in the form of a cage, a stake, or even a bamboo teepee.
07.06.09
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Gardening 101: Peas Treaty

There is never a sweeter meal than the first from the early summer garden.
06.29.09
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Gardening 101: Giving Bugs the Brush-Off

The best defense against the creepy, crawly, jumping team of vegetable destroyers plants begins with your own two hands.
06.22.09
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Gardening 101: Gardener Sings the Blues

If you think gardening is all about sunshine and beetle-free flowers, think again.
06.15.09
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Gardening 101: Tomato Maniacs

Slice ’em, dice ’em, sauce ’em, and gazpacho-ize ’em—tomatoes are summer. And there’s a variety for every crazed gardener.
06.08.09
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Gardening 101: Radish, We Hardly Knew Ye

Like nerdy party guests, radishes show up early and, given half a chance, are full of delicious surprises.
06.01.09
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