Hello all! Sherman’s Books and Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor are sponsoring a book signing event on Saturday, March 23, from 2-3:30 PM. Reeser will be speaking and both he and Marjorie will be signing copies of The New … Continue reading
O DANDELION, rich and haughty, King of village flowers! Each day is coronation time, You have no humble hours. I like to see you bring a troop To beat the blue-grass spears, To scorn the lawn-mower that would be Like … Continue reading
The perfect tomato, bright red, fully round, exploding with flavor when bitten or sliced, is the poster child of the vegetable garden, the favorite subject of summer chats over the garden fence. The veteran gardener assumes the role of teacher, … Continue reading
(The following article appears in The New England Gardener’s Year by Reeser Manley and Marjorie Peronto (Cadent Publishing), now available at your local bookseller. Reeser will be signing books and answering garden questions at the Portland Flower Show on Saturday, … Continue reading
As I write this column, three boxes of seeds sit stacked on the corner of my desk, two containing seeds received from various seed houses over the past month and one box marked “old seeds”, unsealed packets of seeds left … Continue reading
In late May of last year, the heirloom tomato variety Rose de Berne was recommended to me by one of the market gardeners at the local farmer’s market. He considers it a good choice for our short and often cool … Continue reading
Also known as plant lice, aphids seek out the new leaves and tender stems of garden plants, piercing epidermal tissues and sucking the nitrogen-rich sap. A few aphids rapidly become a herd, standing room only on your favorite herbaceous perennial … Continue reading
My computer’s dictionary defines “insectary” as “a place where insects are kept, exhibited, and studied.” This definition conjures up images of a dusty museum room filled with glass-topped cases of brittle specimens, each with a pin inserted through its thorax. … Continue reading
In the middle of January a blanket of deep crunchy snow covers Marjorie’s Garden. Everything lies buried except the tall spent stalks of a half dozen common mullein (Verbascum thapsus), rigid stems emerging from the sea of white like periscopes. … Continue reading
I often think of the garden as a classroom that every year offers at least one new course. For the coming season, one of the subjects will be shallots. The seed for this idea was planted last summer on a … Continue reading
