Spring – my favorite time of the year
Sometime between the last week of February and the first week of this month, spring announces its triumphant return.
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Ten gardening activites for March
The last average killing freeze date falls on the third week of March. So this month is the real launch date for a lot of gardening and landscape activities for the year.
Winter weed wisdom
With a couple of back-to-back summers of drought and torrid heat behind us, we have seen conditions that have taxed even the healthiest of lawns.
Ten garden activities for February
It’s About Thyme
by Chris Winslow
1. Plant fruit trees.
Peaches, pears, persimmons, plums, pomegranates… and apples and apricots too. These all do well in this area. For those with limited space, or with an appetite for novelty, try a ‘four-in-one’ grafted apple or pear. These have four different varieties grafted onto the same tree. If you [...]
Back in the potato patch
Toward the end of January my garden thoughts return to the potato patch. Potatoes have to be one of the most satisfying vegetable crops for me. . . in the growing, the harvest, and in the kitchen.
A good time to grow asparagus
One very important vegetable to consider for your garden this year is asparagus.
Still time for a winter garden
It’s About Thyme
by CHRIS WINSLOW
No one can deny that the big story last weekend was the weather. It was cold… very cold!
Three nights below 20 degrees and a record low of 10 degrees on Saturday morning. This type of weather can spell disaster for local vegetable gardens and landscapes.
Even with row cover, a frost insulating [...]
All hail Michelle’s First Garden
From my point of view, as a vegetable gardener, the top story of 2009 was First Lady Michelle Obama’s gardening project on the White House lawn .
Time to plant those pansies
It’s About Thyme: A Blog
by CHRIS WINSLOW
With the weather now cooling off, and with our freaky weather patterns giving us plenty of rain, and a sort of second spring along with fall at the same time, it is time to think about planting colorful annuals with showy color that will give a fresh new look [...]
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