A Dahlia Grows in the Basement
snapmaker Oopsie. It was a dahlia. When I decided to finally remove the dahlia out of the large pot in which it was placed last fall, it […]
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Cold Climate Gardening Books: New Titles
You can find many great gardening books, but when you see instructions such as “plant early spring and thin in April” and think “April early Spring […]
My Wintering Over Experiments: Year 2
The results of my experiment last year, wintering plants over which I wrote in this article. Each plant is listed in the same order that it was […]
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How to Create and Maintain Trails in Your Woods
It’s time to put gardening on hold until the mud season. If you have woodlands on your property it is a great time to make paths […]
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Mud Season
How was your winter season? I had a mild winter, and the mud season began in February with snows and thaws. Mud Season has begun in earnest. I […]
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How to Have Fragrant Lily of the Valley in Winter
Stand back, amaryllis. Amaryllis, step back. The lily of the valley is ready to take over. Yes, lily-of-the-valley! After my hyacinths bulbs rotted last winter and my amaryllis were clearly not […]
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Forcing branches
Every year I strive to improve my ability to force branches from flowering trees and shrubs. It’s a great way to speed up spring. This winter […]
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Sundrops Add Sunshine To My Garden: Wildflower Wednesday
Sundrops are easy to grow, so it’s easy to overlook them. I was trying to come up with a plant for Wildflower Wednesday. I couldn’t come up […]
Fly Honeysuckle is my earliest-blooming native shrub
This shrub is still a surprise to me each time it blooms. The Bloodroots is fading and the Trout Lilies is gearing up. The forest trees are displaying tiny yellow, green […]
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The Creepiest Plant Native I Know
A scene from a horror film: an orange thread-like stem appears out of the ground and circles counter-clockwise while searching for potential victims by scent*. It […]
