June is just around the corner, the month when all of this gardener’s dreams for the season seem to coalesce.  School will be out and I can be in the garden every day, taking breaks from transplanting tomato seedlings or … Continue reading →

Space is at a premium in Marjorie’s garden, particularly for sun-loving annuals and vegetables.  Over the years many of the vegetable garden’s beds have been turned over to cultivation of raspberries, strawberries, grapes and highbush blueberries.  Small fruits are Marjorie’s … Continue reading →

Buyer Beware When Purchasing a Tree This past Saturday, I helped a friend plant a tree.  It was an event worth recounting to anyone about to buy a tree, an example of deceptive marketing that is all too common. On … Continue reading →

The Merry Month of May in the Vegetable Garden It was a cold weekend to be bound to the garden and yet by Sunday evening the asparagus crowns were in the ground as well as the onion and leek transplants … Continue reading →

Guided by soil temperature rather than the calendar or phase of the moon, here is a bit of gardening advice for the month of May. These ideas, plus many more, can be found in my upcoming book, “The New England … Continue reading →

The new year brings catalogs by snail mail and email invitations to online catalogs, each sender hankering for a fraction of my seed money for 2012. I know something about the business of selling garden seeds. My first paying job … Continue reading →