Growing guides
Food, soil, seeds and the creatures that share the garden. Written for the Carolina Piedmont first, useful well beyond it.
No. 010 · Growing Guides
What a long season makes possible in Zone 8a
Right around the line between 8a and 8b, the garden year has two springs and a long, hot middle. Planning around that.
GrowingFoodZone8a / 8b
No. 006 · Growing Guides
Living alongside Joro spiders
Trichonephila clavata
The big yellow-and-black spiders strung across Upstate yards every fall look alarming and aren't. How I handle the webs without poison.
WildlifeGardenSeasonLate summer–frost