Just like taking an inventory of your freezer you want to keep track of your seeds as you plant them and your seedlings as they are transplanted. I have to admit that I am not always the best at keeping track of my plants! I usually start out well, but by the time I getContinue reading “My Garden: Keeping Track of Your Seedlings”
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My Garden: Invasive Plants
For as long as people have been moving around plants and insects have been moving along with them. Often we focus on the invasive insects but today I’m talking about invasive plants. What is an invasive plant? Invasive plant is a name for a species that has become a weed pest, a plant which growsContinue reading “My Garden: Invasive Plants”
My Garden: Starting Seeds Indoors
It’s the time of the year I look forward to. As we near the end of winter it is time to start my seeds indoors. Starting vegetable plants indoors from seed can be rewarding or disastrous depending on the outcome. If you start your seeds too early you will then have to hold back theContinue reading “My Garden: Starting Seeds Indoors”
My Garden: 8 Favorite Gardening Books
Gardening and reading are two of my favorite occupations. I saw this poster online the other day and I though it was perfect. Going through my gardening books I pulled out eight of my favorite books. As you can see some of them are well loved. Taylor’s Guide to Perennials and Taylor’s Guide to Annuals.Continue reading “My Garden: 8 Favorite Gardening Books”
My Garden: Finding Beauty in February
In February my garden is covered with snow, the hills are white and there is little color anywhere. Recently we went to Billings Farm and Museum with some friends. I love visiting Billings Farm; it is a working farm with numerous animals and an operational farmhouse run as it was run in 1890. It wasContinue reading “My Garden: Finding Beauty in February”
My Garden: Six Tips For Your Tools
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My Garden: Taking Care of Your Garden Tools
If you’re like me you’ve ordered your seeds and are now looking forward to starting those seeds. What to do in the meantime? Winter is a perfect time to work on getting your gardening tools and pots ready for the next gardening season. If you take good care of your tools they will last longerContinue reading “My Garden: Taking Care of Your Garden Tools”
My Garden: Time To Order Seeds
Every January I place an order with Fedco Seeds. They are a great seed company located in Maine, which means the seeds they offer should do well in my Vermont garden. Before placing this year’s order I sort through my old seeds. Some seed varieties will last a couple of years while other seeds needContinue reading “My Garden: Time To Order Seeds”
My Garden: 2012 Garden Review
Hard to believe that the gardening year has made a full cycle. Once again it is almost time to browse through the gardening catalogs and plan my 2013 garden! Winter is always a good time to review your past garden and plan your changes for the next season. Did your garden work where it wasContinue reading “My Garden: 2012 Garden Review”
Gardening: Seed Catalogs
January is not a time to be working in the garden in Vermont but it is a time to be planning next years garden. One of my favorite occupations in the winter is to sit by the woodstove and read through the new garden catalogs! Some of them have the best copywriters and can convinceContinue reading “Gardening: Seed Catalogs”
Nancy on the Home Front 