Master Gardener scholarships available through UVM Extension

The Middlebury Garden Club is offering two scholarships for the UVM Extension Master Gardener course. The course will be held online from January to May 2025. The instructors are UVM faculty and staff and Vermont horticulture professionals. The course curriculum covers the fundamentals of home gardening focused on plant and soil sciences.

Letter to the editor: Thanks to those who taught value of native plants

Five years ago, I’m not sure I’d even heard the term “native plant.” I’d been gardening for years but never connected the dots.

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?

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.

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 how much do you really know about tomatoes?

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? 

Ask a Master Gardener: How to make dyes from your garden

Are you looking for a fun gardening project to do with your children?

Destructive worms threaten local gardens, forests

As warmer weather beckons Addison County residents outdoors this spring, there’s an uninvited guest they should keep watch for in their gardens, lawns and fields: jumping worms.

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 or private, there are things that you can think about to help make these outdoor spaces work better for you.

Ask a Master Gardener: Chickens in the garden

There’s more to consider than fresh eggs when raising chickens at home. For gardeners, that includes keeping both chickens and plants safe and productive.

Jessie Raymond: Lazy gardener lands new method

Over the winter, I heard about an intriguing vegetable-growing technique called “lazy gardening.” As far as I knew, that was the kind of gardening I’d been doing for two decades.

Ask a master gardener: What are seed libraries?

Communities around the world are cultivating seed libraries. A surge in new gardeners and struggling supply chains during the pandemic caused the rise of seed libraries.

Ask a Master Gardener: Is it too late to prune fruit trees?

This time of year, when plants are normally in their dormant stage, usually finds gardeners conducting late-winter pruning of apple and other fruit trees.

Ask a Master Gardener: Cold frames as season extenders

Cold frames allow for the early planting of spring vegetables such as lettuce, radishes, carrots and cabbage by protecting them from frost and cold temperatures at the beginning of the season.

Ask a Master Gardener: Growing your own perennials

Many gardeners start vegetables, annual flowers and herbs from seeds, either indoors or directly in the garden. However, have you ever considered growing your own perennials from seed? 

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