The research campus’ farm is looking to draw new members and plants as they wrap up another planting season. Hanwen Zhang 12:03 am, Nov 29, 2023 Staff Columnist On a quarter-acre lot tucked beside Yale’s West Campus front parking lot, visitors do not need to have a green thumb to cultivate cucumbers or community. […]
Google the name “Monty Don” and the resulting list of endearingly odd questions that appears on the screen is eye-opening in terms of what it reveals about the public’s fascination with this charismatic, Cambridge-educated British gardener, writer, broadcaster and host of BBC’s Gardeners’ World. Why does Monty Don wear red socks? What does Monty Don […]
There’s nothing quite like Pink Cashmere to put the happy face on a summer that has turned oppressive from heat and humidity. No, this is not part of The Garden Guy’s watering wardrobe, but a new Superbena verbena making its debut in 2024. The past three years, Superbena verbenas have steadily climbed the lists of […]
In a world shaken by the cost of living crisis, growing some of your own food has never made more sense. For Laois man Brendan Sheppard, whose impressively productive, pretty 0.2 hectare plot, is situated on the edges of Durrow village, it’s also second nature. Now retired, this soft-spoken gardener, beekeeper and keen fisherman, comes […]