*** Win a free copy of A Gardener’s Guide to Blueberries by leaving a comment below*** Frequent readers of this blog already know I think highbush blueberry shrubs (Vaccinium corymbosum) should be grown in every garden. OK, every garden in zones 3 – 10, where they are hardy. The reason is simple, they offer [...]
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Book Preview and a Free Giveaway
Posted in Book Previews, Edibles, Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, tagged A Gardener's Guide to Blueberries, blueberry shrubs, Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, free giveaway, how to grow blueberries, vaccinium corymbosum on July 15, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Swag from Renee’s Garden
Posted in Edibles, Zone 6 gardening, tagged Apricot-Peach Parfait hollyhock, Broken Colors Four o'Clocks, Garden Writers Association, purple pole beans, Rattlesnake beans, Renee's Garden seeds, Sea of Red lettuce, Vanilla Berry nasturtiums on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of the many perks of belonging to the Garden Writer’s Association, an organization of professional communicators in the green industry, is the offers for free stuff, or swag, that are beginning to arrive in my mailbox. It’s actually a simple yet effective marketing strategy on the part of these companies – send samples of your [...]
Check Your Tomatoes For Late Blight
Posted in Edibles, Gardening in Connecticut on July 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you haven’t already heard about it, there is a very serious fungal disease currently affecting many tomato plants, especially on the East Coast. The disease is called Late Blight, a strain of fungus that was responsible for the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. While minor late blight outbreaks are often seen in late August or [...]
It’s Not Too Late To Sow Some Seeds
Posted in Edibles, Zone 6 gardening on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Even though it is officially mid-July, there is still time to direct sow some seeds that will reward you with flowers or edibles before the end of the growing season. Here in zone 6, we have a fair amount of options for both flowers and vegetables. Depending on which zone you garden in , your [...]
Vegetable Doctor
Posted in Edibles, Gardening in Connecticut on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here in Connecticut, as in many other areas of the country, it has been a long, cold, rainy June. While all the rain has certainly had many positive effects on our gardens it has also brought with it a whole range of insect and fungal diseases which are attacking many edible gardens. I read a [...]
Deer-Resistant* Annuals
Posted in Deer-resistant, Edibles, Gardening in Connecticut, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening on June 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
June is the ideal time here in southwestern CT (zone 6) to plant annuals to fill in some empty spots in your beds and borders. If, like me, you garden in an area with a heavy deer population, you need to choose your annuals carefully. Even though annuals last for only one growing season, unlike [...]
Amelanchier – A Multi-Season Star
Posted in Deer-resistant, Edibles, Gardening in Connecticut, Landscape Design, Natives, Sustainable Gardening, Zone 6 gardening on March 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Now that spring is finally here, many gardeners naturally begin to think about all the new and exciting choices that are soon to be available for planting at their local nurseries. While I’m always up for a trip to look for new plants (I admit it - I’m like a kid in a candy store on my first [...]
Food For Thought…
Posted in Edibles, Gardening Inspiration, Sustainable Gardening on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Are you one of the mushrooming number of Americans who plans to grow some of their own food this year? According to the Garden Media Group, who tracks and predicts annual trends in home gardening, one of the hottest trends in 2009 will be Grow-It-Yourself (GIY). It seems that more and more people plan to grow [...]
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