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Planning a cutting garden
Gardening Farming
Planning a cutting garden
Deborah J. Benoit 
Posted on May 26, 2022
A cutting garden provides a home-grown source of material for fresh flower arrangements.It might focus on one type of plant, such as a spring cutting garden featuring a variety of daffodils or tulips, or include a season-spanning variety you can cut throughout the warm-weather months. Whatever flowe...
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There’s more to bulbs than spring
Gardening Farming
There’s more to bulbs than spring
Posted on May 2, 2022
Summer bulbs, which are planted in the spring after danger of frost, extend the garden’s blooming season well into summer until frost. Their glorious and often fragrant flowers and plants continue to provide nutrients and shelter for our treasured pollinators. Most bulbs planted in autumn that bloom...
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2022 is the Year of the Gladiolus
Gardening Farming
2022 is the Year of the Gladiolus
Posted on April 28, 2022
Gladiolus are as American as apple pie. Generations of gardeners, from Maine to California, have tucked these summer-blooming bulbs into their gardens in spring and been delighted by the gorgeous flower spikes that appear just a few months later. Buckets of long-stemmed glads are a late-summer tradi...
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Seed-starting basics
Gardening Farming
Seed-starting basics
Posted on April 5, 2022
Are you ready for an early season gardening adventure? Seed displays are prevalent right now in stores from garden shops to supermarkets. Grab a pack of seeds (or two or three) to start indoors. With a few basic supplies, by the time the weather is suitable for planting outside, you’ll have some hom...
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Hellebores, heralds of spring
Gardening Farming
Hellebores, heralds of spring
Posted on April 4, 2022
For a stunning display of blooms in early spring, most New England gardens would benefit from the addition of a remarkable perennial: the hellebore. Among the first plants to herald spring, hellebores have gained huge popularity due to their many laudable qualities. Hellebores are non-invasive everg...
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Study: Popular perennial flowering plants can attract diverse mix of pollinators
Gardening Farming
Study: Popular perennial flowering plants can attract diverse mix of pollinators
Posted on March 1, 2022
Popular species of perennial flowering plants vary widely in their attractiveness to pollinators, but homeowners and landscape managers who select certain perennial cultivars can support a diverse community of pollinators in their own backyards, according to a new study from a team of Penn State res...
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Forcing spring bulbs
Gardening Farming
Forcing spring bulbs
Posted on February 21, 2022
Watching the first flowering bulbs appear from the thawing ground in spring is one of my favorite times of the year. Luckily we don’t have to wait all winter to have spring blooms. A great way to do this at home is by forcing bulbs. Forcing bulbs means tricking the plants into thinking it is time to...
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Forcing branches for winter flowers
Gardening Farming
Forcing branches for winter flowers
Posted on January 14, 2022
Forsythia in February? Impossible, you say! Not so. A vase full of flowers from the garden won’t take much more effort than harvesting some branches to force them to bloom. A good time to take cuttings for forcing is when you’re doing your annual winter pruning. If pruning isn’t on your winter to-do...
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