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There's a reason potatoes have kept families alive through wars, famines, and long, cold winters for centuries. Plant a single pound of seed potatoes, and by season's end you can dig up ten pounds or...

There's a shoebox on the top shelf of my potting shed. It's stuffed with little paper envelopes — tomatoes, beans, marigolds, three kinds of lettuce, a squash I can't even remember the name...

You're standing over the trash can, orchid in hand. The last flower dropped weeks ago. The leaves have gone soft and leathery. A couple of the roots look like wet gray noodles. And that little...

It's 6:47 AM on a Saturday. Coffee's still too hot to drink. Your phone buzzes once — a notification you set up three weeks ago and forgot about. "CURB ALERT — cast iron pans, hand tools, box...

You've pulled the same dandelion three times this summer. It came back stronger every time. That crabgrass you sprayed in June? It's now waving at you from between your tomatoes, thicker than...

I bought a single Golden Pothos at a Kroger checkout line in 2009. It cost me $4.99. It wasn't even on my list that day — I just liked how the leaves spilled over the side of the pot and figured,...