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To Karin With Love

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When I first met Karin, she was not in the room. I stood in her kitchen with my realtor, getting to know the woman...

A Garden Fountain That Whispers Water

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As a card-carrying Aquarian (a.k.a. the water bearer), I take my garden fountain seriously, always fine-tuning and perfecting its placement and performance for both the...

Growing Peach Trees in the Pacific Northwest: It’s the Pits

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Growing peach trees in the maritime Pacific Northwest is the pits. There I said it, because for thirteen long, relatively futile and fruitless years,...

Bulb Auger: Easy Way to Plant Bulbs

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If my garden were a banquet table, I would concede that sometimes I bite off more than I can chew. I dine and garden...

How to Make Pie Dough Shine

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Pie is my spirit animal. Okay, that's a bit much, how about pie is a smile on my plate. (Hmmm, me thinks I'm trying...

Ordering Bareroot Trees: What to Expect

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Mail-Order Trees: Who Would Have Thunk? Ordering bareroot trees is to Tom as ordering books is to Oprah. I love trees, especially unusual fruit trees, sometimes forgotten...

Making Sense of 60

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I remember the day my second grade teacher (and my not-so-secret crush) Miss Hilliard introduced the class to a real-life story problem. Her beguiling southern lilt...

French Coconut Pie: Heaven in a Crust

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I'm a loyal pie guy. If you're a pie or tart recipe and you do me right—that is, bake up nicely, remain flakey, speak...