Pam Baxter
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From the Ground Up: Give seedlings a head start with good lighting
Starting seeds indoors is an excellent way to get a head start on the spring garden. But even with ample south-facing windows, it can be difficult to give seedlings the sunlight they need for quick… → Read More
From the Ground Up: Bringing the outside back in at the Philadelphia Flower Show
After two seasons outside at FDR Park in South Philly, the iconic Philadelphia Flower Show will open next month at the Philadelphia Convention Center. In its return indoors the Flower Show will ado… → Read More
From the Ground Up: When to start seeds is matter of perfect timing
Does the recent mild weather here in the Delaware Valley have you itchy to get seeds started for this season’s garden? Spring is just around the corner, but hold tight: Start seeds too early, and y… → Read More
From the Ground Up: A new dawn for an ancient tree
The story goes back into prehistory about 60 million years, but we’ll pick it up in the 20th century, when a Japanese paleobotanist named Shigeru Miki discovered fossils that he determined were of a kind of redwood tree. → Read More
From the Ground Up: Getting a head start on vegetables
When it comes to planting vegetables, gardeners have at least four options. First, there’s the time-honored method of planting seeds directly in the ground. Second is to buy seedlings and tra… → Read More
From the Ground Up: The healthful garden
I’m not too big on New Year’s resolutions. At least not in the traditional way of making promises such as, “I’m going to lose 10 pounds,” or “I’m going to go to the gym three days a week.” I think … → Read More
From the Ground Up: Discovered on the chopping block
My husband Charlie and I arrived late at the “Chopped” table. (It first aired on January 13, 2009. We only discovered it this year.) Each episode of the popular reality show pits four chefs against… → Read More
From the Ground Up: One more gift, and this one changed my life
The past two weeks I’ve talked here about gifts: gifts for gardeners and gifts we can give to the Earth. This week I want to talk about a gift given to me; one that resulted in my being invited to … → Read More
From the Ground Up: Thoughts on giving
Something interesting has been happening for me this holiday season: I’ve been feeling inspired to give more than I usually do. To be a little more precise, I’m finding that the more I give/buy for… → Read More
From the Ground Up: Gift ideas for gardeners
One of the fun things about being a garden writer, especially at the holidays, is finding little “stocking” emails as the Christmas holiday season approaches, each one stuffed with ideas for gifts … → Read More
From the Ground Up: Don’t pooh-pooh this gift idea
Okay. You know the usual gift ideas for gardeners; if nothing else, you’ve seen plenty recommended here over the years. Things like gardening gloves, hand tools, books on gardening, a garden magazi… → Read More
From the Ground Up: Tiny, tangy ground cherry brings back sweet Thanksgiving memories
Fall is the one season of the year that makes me feel nostalgic. As the days get colder and the landscape turns to shades of brown and russet and orange, I remember Thanksgiving Day at my grandpare… → Read More
From the Ground Up: Will the real Christmas cactus please stand up?
A Facebook friend recently posted a photo of a plant laden with fuchsia-pink flowers. Her comment read: “This Christmas cactus has always been confused, ever since I first met it. Maybe it’s … → Read More
From the Ground Up: Making plants last
The Dusty Miller that I grew in planters on this year’s patio garden was the clear champion of the season. Not only did the plants survive a huge deer incursion without suffering a nibble, but they… → Read More
From the Ground Up: Voting for what matters most
On our trip to Maine last Month, Charlie and I spent a couple of days with friends who live just off Route I-91 in Connecticut. At night, when we settled in to go to sleep, all I could hear was hig… → Read More
From the Ground Up: Experiencing the wild. Or not.
Earlier this month, my husband Charlie and I traveled up into New England to visit friends and family and to soak up the brilliant fall foliage that we both miss — me from growing up in Connecticut… → Read More
From the Ground Up: The magic of pumpkins
Pumpkin vines are so sprawling, the leaves coarse and spiny, and the pumpkins themselves so big and ungainly, it’s hard to imagine how one became a critical prop in one of our favorite fairy storie… → Read More
From the Ground Up: In Memoriam — Bob Ray
Bob Ray, a retired dairy farmer in Glenmoore, wrote, “I have long believed in conserving water. In 1954 our shallow wells went dry, and we had to haul water for the cows. They drink a lot of water. This is still with me.” → Read More
From the Ground Up: The return of the native
All spring and summer, I eyed the weeds growing up at the edge of the naturalized old hedgerow on the east side of our yard. Week to week I kept promising myself that I would pull them up. My mantr… → Read More
From the Ground Up: Migrating pollinators need fall flowers
Last Tuesday I saw a monarch butterfly. Normally, this wouldn’t be such a noteworthy experience, except for one fact: compared to last year, when I raised and released monarchs, this was the first … → Read More