gardening
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Now is the time to plant for spring
The leaves are turning to their autumn glory and it’s nearly time to put the garden to bed. But wait.
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Webinar explores resilient home landscapes
Noted landscape consultant Dan Jaffe Wilder will present a virtual four-hour workshop on Oct. 16 on building resilient home landscapes with native plants.
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Gardening: It’s time to plant garlic
Here in Vermont, garlic is best planted in fall because of its need for a dormant period of two months below 40 Fahrenheit degrees.
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Fall Guide: Sunflowers take the spotlight this season
Fall is a great time to observe sunflower plantings in your community, to enjoy their beauty and think about how you might like to grow them next season.
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Ask a Master Gardener: Caring for rhubarb in the fall
Whether grown for aesthetics or food, this hardy perennial can be a long-lived addition to the gardening landscape.
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Faith Gong: The grace of decorative gourds
Sometime in August, as I was beginning to concede defeat, I noticed that a second, unofficial garden had sprung up without my noticing: This one was sprouting out…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Tips for growing clivia
Growing clivia, planting garlic and digging dahlia tubers are some of the gardening tips for this month.Clivia (also known as Natal lily) is a choice, tender bulbous indoor…
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Keep cats out of the garden
Whatever your feelings about felines, chances are you probably don’t want them digging up your garden. So, what do you do?Cats really aren’t out to destroy your beloved…
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Judith’s Garden: How to keep your maturing garden fresh and vibrant
As I discussed in my last article — where I talked about the “ages and stages” of a garden — our gardens are living creations that slowly evolve…
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How can rain gardens help with stormwater? Ask a master gardener
Water plays a significant role in the health of our landscapes in more ways than meets the eye.Stormwater is water that collects on the surface during and after…
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to savor fresh berries
What’s more delicious than a sun-warmed raspberry plucked from the bush and popped into your mouth? Hmmm. Keep that delicious flavor into the winter by freezing raspberries, adding them…
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Ask a master gardener: What to do with all that poo?
If you raise chickens, then you know that while they are laying baskets of farm fresh eggs and amusing you with their antics, they are also generating a…
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Judith’s Garden: Peonies and more
Peonies surely deserve the title of “June Garden Queens!”With huge blooms, often measuring six inches and more across, in colors from the deepest crimson to creamy white —…
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Ask a master gardener: Why veggie gardens need flowers
This season, consider incorporating flowers into your vegetable garden.Flowers can transform vegetable gardens from places of production to places of pleasure. While vegetables have a lovely variety of…
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Judith’s Garden: The merry month of May
The Merry Month of May O the month of May, the merry month of May, So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green! O, and…
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Ask A Master Gardener: The fantastic Chanticleer Gardens
Just outside of Philadelphia is a magical garden estate in Wayne, Penn., known as Chanticleer. Built in the early 1900s, the estate’s 35 acres of rolling land and…