Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer

What are those special ingredients that elevate a garden into a stylish and unforgettable space? What’s the best way to unleash your garden personality, and how can you create an outdoor place that’s uniquely your own? Just in time for another… [Continue Reading]

Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer Cultivating Garden Style with Rochelle Greayer

Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox

“Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd.” But forget about buying me “some peanuts and Cracker Jack,” as the 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer recommends. I would much rather tour the new 5,000… [Continue Reading]

Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox Fenway Farms Scores Home Run for Red Sox

Creating a Cottage Garden

A proper cottage garden, explains Oxford Dictionary, is defined as "an informal garden stocked typically with colourful flowering plants." And that's the type of garden I've created at my home (Zone 6B/7), as you can see above. From self-seeding poppies… [Continue Reading]

Creating a Cottage Garden Creating a Cottage Garden

Five Reasons Why Kids Should Garden

One of my favorite childhood memories was running around the garden until dinner time, chasing after lightning bugs and catching tadpoles. Sadly, too many kids spend most of their summer time indoors, playing on video games or watching TV. This lack… [Continue Reading]

Five Reasons Why Kids Should Garden Five Reasons Why Kids Should Garden

When the Forsythia Blooms, Prune Roses

March 30, 2009
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I’m happy to report the forysthia are blooming in Idaho. That means it’s time to prune the roses. Pruning roses now rejuvenates the plant after a period of dormancy and stimulates growth. Before grabbing your clippers, however, keep these six simple steps in mind:

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Weather Like a Lion or Lamb?

March 26, 2009

Weather predictions are common in March and have been for centuries. Consider this old English weather proverb: “If March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb,If it comes in like a lamb, it goes out like a lion.” What are you experiencing now — the lion or the lamb?

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Happy Lady Day, Happy New Year

March 25, 2009

While you’re out enjoying your spring garden, consider this cool fact. Today was the start of the year for many gardeners in past centuries. It’s true. From the twelfth century until the calendar changed in 1752, March 25 began the year (not Jan. 1) on the Old Style calendars in England and Ireland. In the […]

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17th Century Garden Tips for March

March 24, 2009

“In March, the Moon being new, sow Garlic, Chervil, Marjoram, white Poppy, double Marigolds, Thyme and Violets. At the full Moon, Chicory, Fennel and Apples of Love. At the wane, Artichokes, Basil, Cucumbers, Spinach, Gillyflowers, Cabbage, Lettuce, Burnets, Leeks and Savory.” Gervase Markham, The English Housewife, 1683 Keep in mind this advice was written for […]

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Peas on Saint Paddy’s Day

March 17, 2009

It’s Saint Patrick’s Day. A day to celebrate your Irish heritage — even if your name happens to be Fong or Feinstein. A day to wear green — or get pinched. And a day to plant your peas — if you live in a temperate climate. I actually planted my peas a week ago in […]

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Alice Waters on 60 Minutes

March 16, 2009

In case you missed it,Alice Waters was on 60 Minutes last night. One of the nation’s most important voices for organic, locally raised foods, Ms. Waters first gained fame for her renownedChez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif. In addition to authoring several books, she has worked tirelessly to promote an “edible schoolyard” curriculum that’s become a […]

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Regional Spring Chores

March 14, 2009

Say “spring” to gardeners in Southern California and it means something completely different than to gardeners in Vermont. That’s why it pays to focus on what applies to your particular growing zone. Here’s what these regional experts say are the most important gardening chores in spring: Northeast New York: New York Times Vermont: University of […]

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Seven Spring Chores

March 11, 2009

As the weather warms, it’s time to roll up the sleeves and start gardening. Here are seven spring chores to remember: Catch up on any fall chores you forgot last year. Pull back the mulch and clean fallen leaves, broken branches and other debris in the garden. They often are home to pests and pathogens […]

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Thoreau on Seeds

March 11, 2009

“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”Henry David Thoreau

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Seed Sources

March 11, 2009

Looking for seeds? Here are just a few of my favorite seed sources: Seed Savers Exchange: This wonderful non-profit organization is preserving our culinary heritage by saving and sharing heirloom seeds from across the planet. More than 25,000 endangered plant varieties are maintained at Heritage Farm — the organization’s 890-acre headquarters near Decorah, Iowa. Their […]

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