Bonnie Kirn Donahue
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Ask a Master Gardener: Start your garden early with cold frames
Eager to get going in the garden? Start with coldframes. Learn how from this Master Gardener.
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Ask A Master Gardener: Beautiful, beneficial oaks
If you have a lot of space and are looking for trees that provide enjoyment for humans and tons of ecological benefits, consider planting a majestic oak.
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Milkweed: Not a weed at all
Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant.
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Ask a Master Gardener: Why you should plant dogwoods
Dogwoods, in the genus Cornus, are among the most versatile native shrubs. With seasonal interest, tolerance of less than perfect conditions and benefits for wildlife, these shrubs are…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Sustainable fall maintenance
When the air becomes cooler, and leaves begin to turn colors, it’s time to gear up for fall garden maintenance. Or is it?
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Ask a Master Gardener: Call the garden helpline
Weeding is often a reality of summer landscape maintenance. Some people don’t mind weeding, some highly dislike it, and other people fall somewhere in between.
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Ask a Master Gardner: Make outdoor spaces work for you
As warmer weather approaches, it is a great time to consider how you use the outdoor spaces in your life. Whether you rent or own, use public land…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Why attract birds to your garden
One of the great joys and challenges of gardening is seeing creatures inhabit and eat from our gardens. However, in some cases, animals and insects are unwelcome visitors.
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Ask a Master Gardener: No-till raised beds
Raised beds are a great way to minimize effort and maximize enjoyment of vegetable and flower gardens.
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Ask a master gardener: How to use wood ash in the garden
Wood ashes are a surprisingly useful byproduct of winter heating.
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to tend an ecologically sensitive garden
It’s a good time to step back and think about the bigger picture. A question to consider is why do we clear out our gardens before the winter?…
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Ask a Master Gardener: All about marvelous milkweed
Milkweed is a critically important plant for the monarch butterfly, which is threatened with extinction.
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Ask a Master Gardener: What to do about garden invasives?
Common invasive species that you might find in your garden or landscape often started out as decorative landscape plants. Plants like knotweed, goutweed, burning bush and Japanese barberry…
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Ask a master gardener: What’s eating my squash?
Cucurbits are easy to grow but they are threatened by a number of unfortunate pests that can make growing these fruits and vegetables much more difficult.
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Ask a Master Gardener: All about blueberry season
While you are waiting for the plants to fruit, it is important not to make too many changes so that the shrubs can focus on berry production.
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Ask a master gardener: How to grow peaches in Vermont
Peaches are one of the more surprising fruits that grow in Vermont. Easy to pick and fantastically juicy, peaches are beautiful, fuzzy globes to look forward to each…