Bonnie Kirn Donahue
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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…
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Ask a Master Gardener: What to plant in a shade garden
Think that a shady area can’t have a garden? Think again! Shade gardens can be fantastic places to showcase foliage color, texture and flowers, too.
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How to cultivate natural dyes from your garden
Growing flowers, vegetables and berries for eating is fun and nourishing, but what about growing them to make colorful dyes?
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Ask a master gardener: How to grow onions
A simple staple in many cuisines and recipes, onions can be a satisfying plant to grow in the garden.
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Ask a master gardener: How to force spring bulbs
Watching the first flowering bulbs appear from the thawing ground in spring is one of my favorite times of the year. Luckily we don’t have to wait all…