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“You’re totally nuts, Britt!” my gardening cousin said to me years ago while we were picking peas. “No one will put down their phones to read a newspaper about gardening.”
Dear Glorious Gardener,
My cousin was talking about my idea to launch Gardening Nation, an exciting new publication that today has 10,000 avid gardeners eagerly awaiting each monthly issue.
“Are you crazy?” my cousin went on. “A gardening newspaper is just too old-fashioned.”
“Gardeners can just go online and find ten-million hours of sketchy gardening advice and still not know if it will solve their problem … or kill their plants!”
I threw a strawberry at her and laughed because I couldn’t agree more.
You see, today, a lot of gardening content online is written by shady experts with questionable knowledge, or self-proclaimed master gardeners with limitless budgets, perfect soil, and no deer!
Instead, I envisioned a friendly gardening newspaper you can thumb through in your favorite chair while sipping a cup of herbal tea and feel like you are leaning over the fence talking shop with your gardening neighbors about, well, everything.
Train your tomatoes. Cage them? Stake them? Trellis them? Discover how to support YOUR tomatoes before those fruit-laden vines begin to flop.
Deer diner closed! The best ways to discourage hungry deer from treating YOUR vegetable garden like an all-you-can-eat salad bar.
Free trees and shrubs? Discover how to propagate favorites you already own, and turn one treasured plant into two… three… perhaps an entire row.
A northern exposure doesn’t have to mean a house without plants. Discover which houseplants are happiest when sunshine is in short supply.
Bring your roses inside. Where should you make the cut? When should you cut? And what can you do to enjoy those gorgeous blooms longer after they reach the vase?
Fresh herbs that stay fresh. You snipped them at their fragrant peak. Now discover the little tricks that can keep them from becoming a wilted heap in the refrigerator.
Written by gardeners ~for gardeners~, inside the pages of Gardening Nation, you’ll discover timely advice season after season about every gardening subject you can imagine.
- No more tears onions? Before you reach for the goggles, discover the kitchen tricks gardeners use to take some of the sting out of slicing your harvest.
- Broccoli: don’t stop at the big head. Harvest it correctly and your broccoli may have a delicious encore waiting in the wings.
- The five-foot tomato cage. Why those cute little cages can become woefully inadequate by midsummer, and what to do before YOUR tomatoes turn into a sprawling jungle.
- The Florida weave. No, it isn’t a dance. It’s an ingenious way to support a row of tomatoes with stakes and twine, and once you see it, you may wonder where it’s been all your gardening life.
- Look up! Cucumbers, squash, beans and other garden sprawlers can gobble up precious ground. Discover how growing vertically can turn a surprisingly small patch into a surprisingly productive garden.
- Mint: friend or invader? Plant it carelessly and that innocent little herb may begin marching through your garden. Here’s how to enjoy all the mint you want without surrendering the flower bed.
Tilling… propagating… trellising… composting… dividing… pruning… planting… transplanting… mulching… watering… feeding… forcing… thinning… deadheading… harvesting… preserving… seed-saving… overwintering… and scratching your head wondering what the heck ate THAT?
Because inquisitive gardeners never run out of questions, Gardening Nation will never run out of ~fascinating answers~.
Month after month, GARDENING NATION will bring you practical answers, clever shortcuts, fascinating discoveries and those wonderful little gardening secrets you wish somebody had shared with you years ago.
- Bamboo behaving badly? There’s bamboo that stays reasonably where you put it… and bamboo that apparently has plans to annex the neighborhood. Know the difference before you plant.
- Your seedlings are falling over! Meet “damping off,” and discover what you can do to give those tender little seedlings a fighting chance.
- Don’t pull that seedling! There’s a gentler way to thin crowded seedlings without disturbing the roots of the little plants you want to keep.
- Why are the bees ignoring your flowers? Bees see a garden differently than you do, including colors and markings your eyes cannot even see.
- Why would anyone ferment a tomato seed? There’s a perfectly good reason, especially if you want to save seed from a tomato you’d dearly love to grow again.
- Cut-and-come-again lettuce. Why harvest the whole plant when you may be able to pick what you need and leave the rest growing for another salad?
- From soil to salad in weeks. Meet the quick-growing spring greens that can give an impatient gardener something fresh to pick while the rest of the vegetable garden is barely getting started.
- A rainbow you can eat. Purple carrots… striped tomatoes… brilliant greens… colorful peppers. Your vegetable garden doesn’t have to be green and red.
- Grow food where you thought you couldn’t. A patio… balcony… raised bed… narrow side yard… even a collection of containers can produce a remarkably satisfying harvest.
- Plant a landing strip for bees. Some flowers practically advertise their nectar with invisible-to-us “guides” that help lead pollinators straight to dinner.
- Your free garden is hiding in those dead flowers. Before you toss those dried zinnias, marigolds, cosmos and sunflowers, discover the tiny treasure they may be holding for next year.
Now with your permission, I’d love to rush you your first issue of Gardening Nation, free, so you can see what all the fuss is about.
Will you accept? There’s absolutely no obligation. Shout “YES!” and it’s on its way. Choose the annual plan and I’ll include FREE SHIPPING all year!
YES! Rush my free first issueFrankly, before GARDENING NATION, if you wanted to know why your tomatoes were flopping… what was chewing holes in your broccoli… when to divide your perennials… how to save your seeds… what to plant in that stubborn shady corner… or whether that bug crawling across your prize rose was friend or foe…
…you had to go looking for the answer.
A gardening book might have it. A neighbor might know. Or you could disappear down an Internet rabbit hole and come back 45 minutes later with six different answers from seven different “experts.”
Now the answers come ~looking for you~.
Like clockwork, GARDENING NATION arrives right in your mailbox filled with timely advice for the season you’re actually gardening in… practical techniques you can actually use… problems you may be wrestling with right now… and fascinating ideas you never would have thought to search for in the first place.
You can circle them. Dog-ear them. Carry them into the garden. Get dirt on them. Save them. And slowly build a gardening library that becomes more useful with every passing season.
What subscribers are saying
10,000 gardeners already read it with their ~morning tea~.
So far I am loving the paper. It feels so nice to sit with my cup of tea in the morning looking at a paper of things I love: plants, gardens, and exciting news about both. Then I get to make notes for things to try on my own gardening adventure.Virginia K.
As a seasoned gardener, I wasn't sure how much new information I would learn from this paper… I LOVE it! The articles are well written, and the layout is really fun to read. In our digital age, it's almost comforting to hold paper in my hands. I can highlight, cut out articles and save what I need for future reference.Paula G.
Such a fun newspaper. Loved the various gardening articles, and garden-themed games and puzzles. I also appreciate that it kept us warmer zone gardeners in mind. So happy with Gardening Nation!Grant M.
I love your Gardening Nation paper. The articles are very informative and there is a ton of information for those gardening in any way. I ordered a copy for my daughter as well and she is loving it.Linda H.
Fun content and a nice departure from the current green industry publications. I have 2–3 other gardening related subscriptions, but this publication is fresh and entertaining, and not stuffed with ads.Jason C.
It is refreshing to read an actual newspaper that concentrates on gardening and doesn't focus on any of the negativity and division that exists worldwide. I so enjoyed the articles and the Sept. checklist.Georgia S.
Why stare at the throbbing flower on your phone’s meditation app… when you can gaze into the flowers of your own backyard and feel ~peace, naturally?~
Pour a cup of coffee. Settle into the good chair. Open Gardening Nation … and the garden comes to you.
You're kneeling in warm spring soil. Strolling a neighbor's border in full June bloom. Dreaming up next year's beds while this year's tomatoes ripen on the windowsill.
The roses you grew yourself, opening a little wider every morning. The sunflower that shot past the fence and turned its face to follow the sun. The orchid on the windowsill now sending up a new spray of blooms.
No meditation app ever made you feel such ~peace and pleasure~.
Then fold the page, step outside, and breathe in tomato vines and turned earth.
Your free first issue of Gardening Nation · Your welcome respite from the world
Save at the grocery store.
Save at the feed and seed store.
Save at the ~farmer’s market~.
I don’t have to tell you what’s happened to the price of fresh produce. At farmers’ markets today, beautiful heirloom tomatoes can easily fetch $5… $6… even more per pound.
And yet, your single healthy tomato plant can reward you with 10… 15… sometimes 20 pounds of juicy, sun-ripened tomatoes over a growing season.
You can add up the savings. And that’s from just one tomato plant. Now imagine six of them… plus the beans you keep picking and they keep replacing… the lettuce you snip just minutes before dinner… the cucumbers you wrestle away from the woodchuck… the peppers, zucchini, garlic and herbs spilling out of YOUR garden.
Suddenly, growing your own isn’t merely one of life’s great pleasures.
It can take a very satisfying bite out of your grocery bill, too.
And the savings don’t necessarily stop at the produce aisle. Inside GARDENING NATION, you’ll discover clever, practical ways experienced gardeners feed their soil… protect their plants… solve garden problems… using natural home remedies that cost a fraction of what you pay at your feed and seed store.
Don’t be surprised if your garden can put thousands of dollars back into your pocket every year.
A few good tips you discover in Gardening Nation, and your subscription may easily be the best, fun investment you ever made.
Grow more. ~Spend less.~
When you grow your own healthy food for you and your family, you know what goes into it… and what doesn’t.
Your blueberries you scatter over morning oatmeal…
Your basil you whirl into fragrant green pesto…
Your garlic braided and hanging in your kitchen…
Your apples bubbling beneath the golden crust of a pie that just might bring home a blue ribbon.
That’s the delicious satisfaction of growing your own. The garden doesn’t end at the garden gate but follows you into the kitchen.
It fills your jars and baskets… perfumes your tea… flavors your supper… feeds the people you love… and gives you the incomparable pleasure of thinking,
~“I grew that!”~
Herbal teas. Herbal potions. Herbal remedies.
There’s something deeply satisfying about stepping into YOUR garden and picking something you’re going to eat… steep… simmer… sprinkle… or share.
Chamomile for a soothing cup of tea. Lavender and lemon balm for their fragrance and traditional uses. Peppermint crushed into a tall glass on a sweltering afternoon.
Today, it seems every other day there’s news about people getting sick from eating something contaminated. When you grow your own, YOU control what goes into your food.
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