Deborah J. Benoit
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Ask a Master Gardener: Dividing Perennials in the Fall
Share the love around your yard. Learn how to divide and move your overgrown perennials with help from a Master Gardener.
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to grow a watermelon
There are few things as refreshing on a hot summer day as a slice of watermelon (Citrullus Lanatus). At over 90 percent water, watermelons are a tasty way…
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Ask a Master Gardener: For the love of lilacs
Easily recognized by their sweet fragrance and cone-shaped clusters of tiny flowers, the common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) has been a part of America’s gardens for much of our…
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Ask a Master Gardener: All about bleeding hearts
Have you ever heard of the lady in the bath flower? That’s just one of the common names for bleeding hearts (Lamprocapnos spectabilis, formerly Dicentra spectabilis). If you’re…
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Ask a Master Gardener: A rose isn’t just a rose
We’re all familiar with roses (Rosa) — their fragrance, their flowers, their thorns. If you’re thinking about adding a rose (or roses) to your garden this year, it…
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to use heuchera
If you’re looking for a plant for your garden that will come back year after year, is easy to care for and suitable for a variety of growing…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Indoor herb gardening
Winter weather may be on the wane, but it will still be a while before we can get outdoors and work in the soil. Even so, there’s no…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Plant stands for indoor gardening
Each winter, gardeners bid farewell to their outdoor growing spaces and turn their attention to other ways to occupy their days. Magazines and seed catalogs provide inspiration, but…
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Ask a Master Gardener: The bewitching witch hazel tree
You may be familiar with its name from the bottle of astringent found in your home medicine cabinet or for sale on pharmacy shelves near rubbing alcohol and…
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to plan a new garden
The middle of winter with snow covering brick-hard, frozen ground may seem like an odd time to plan a new garden bed, but it’s the best time. If…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Garden inside this winter
Cold weather has arrived, and you’ve put your garden to bed for the season. That doesn’t mean you can’t garden. Just shift your focus from outdoors to in.
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Ask a Master Gardener: All about saffron
Did you know that the world’s most expensive spice comes from a type of crocus? It’s true. Saffron is derived from Crocus sativus, commonly known as the “saffron…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Thinking spring this fall
Temperatures are dropping and it’s time to put the garden to bed. It is also a perfect opportunity to prepare for spring. What you do this fall can…
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Ask a Master Gardener: All about apples
They’re the most familiar of fruits, but how much do you really know about apples?
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Ask a Master Gardener: Tomato trivia!
We purchase them at the market. We dine on them in salads and sauces. Some of us indulge in the joy of growing our own at home, but…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Flowers in the veggie garden
There’s no denying they’re pretty, but did you know there are practical reasons to plant flowers among the vegetables in your garden?