Fall is well in hand. Nights are cool, some days are foggy and rainier than we usually appreciate, but it’s still gardening season! Autumn sunny days are some of the most comfortable to work in; it’s easy to spread mulch and compost without working up too much of a sweat, and weeds pull so easily […]
Fall is in the air! Cool mornings give way to hot days, and return to wonderful sleeping weather at night. The bugs and mosquitoes have left for the most part, breezes are steady and calming, and foliage is just starting to show a little bit of color. Apples are ready for picking, right on the […]
July is here, and summer has certainly arrived in full force with the hot temperatures and humidity. Your garden is in full production mode; flowers and hopefully small green produce on your vegetable plants, flowers and shrubs blooming like crazy, and it is a delight to be outside in the garden, as long as there’s […]
The Dog Days of Summer are here! So named because Sirius, the dog star, is high in the sky, but ask any canine running around, tongue lolling, and they may disagree with you… The August garden is just reaching peak as we enter late summer, and there are still a few months of enjoyment we […]
June is here, the gardening season can really take off now! Longer days, warmer weather coupled with cool nights and gentle rains make for perfect growing conditions. June is for edibles!! Vegetable gardens, blueberries, raspberries, and all sorts of other edible plants are just coming into their prime season. Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, and all […]
Spring is in full swing! It’s definitely time to get out in the garden if you haven’t already and really get going on some serious playing in the dirt. All but the tenderest of plants can be put in the ground now (still wait a few weeks on those tomatoes and cucumbers), as long as […]
If April showers bring May flowers, hopefully showers (or pouring rain) at the transition between March and April will do the same. I think we’re done with the super-cold weather for this year; the prospect of spring, with warmer, drier weather certainly jump-starts the gardening season. Get out there and prune or even rake some […]
March has come in like a lamb, a welcome reprieve from the rain that pummeled us at the end of February. The ground is thawing, I have seen signs of perennials trying to poke their way through the soil, and I think we’re going to have an early spring! It will be so nice to […]
The year marches on; it is February already. It’s important to do as much preparatory work as possible this month, because March will be here before we know it, and we’ll wonder where all that time in the winter went to do our planning. For those of us that just can’t wait for spring to […]
A new year, a new garden outlook. Winter has settled in, the ground is blanketed in white, and warmer days seem but a distant memory. It’s the perfect time to settle down with a nice cup of tea, look out at the snow falling outside, and plan the next gardening season. January is a good […]