05 Oct
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Many people think that as cooler autumn temperatures creep in, it's time to stop gardening and start putting our gardens to bed for the winter. Not so! Fall is an ideal time for planting.
22 Mar
Many people find raised beds are an easier way to grow vegetables, herbs, edibles, and flowers. Not only are they...
30 Aug
Now is the time to plant cool weather vegetables! Some vegetables grow better in cool weather and are even frost tolerant. This is a list of vegetables that can easily be started from seed and give you a delicious fall harvest:
COOL WEATHER – NOT...
26 Jul
Now your vegetable garden is growing, some plants are doing great, others not so much. You are dealing with new bugs that you have never seen before, questions about how and when to harvest, and watering concerns. There is so much to learn and...
19 Jul
Asparagus is one of those wonderful early spring plants that rewards you with a harvest before you do anything. Now it is mid-summer and those delicious spears have turned to large ferns with berries. You may be tempted to ignore the plants until next...
05 Jul
Make the most out of your vegetable garden this season: employ succession planting. As you open up space from harvesting one vegetable, you can plant another vegetable in order to keep producing as the season progresses. It is a great way to provide a...
13 Oct
This Fall, Think Spring.
Whether you are a gardener or not, by February, everybody in New England begins to crave catching a glimpse of the color green, especially the growing, living, emergance of spring green. The anticipation of seeing all the bright colored flowers that...
06 Oct
Dig. Drop. Done.
Are you looking for a new crop to try this year? Consider garlic, the stinking rose! Planting hardneck garlic in the fall will actually provide you with two different crops in early and mid summer: the first is garlic scapes and the...
05 Jul
Mulching your vegetable garden helps maintain soil moisture and reduces evaporation. It also blocks weed seeds from seeing the sunlight & sprouting, which means a whole lot less work for you. Want to know just how much work? *Most weed species are prolific manufacturers,...