Did you buy a home with a backyard that consists solely of grass or has not been landscaped? It may seem like a tall challenge, but building the backyard of your dreams is easier than you think. You may need to use a professional for some tasks such as the plumbing, electrical and hardscape. However, […]

Heirbloom Beans, what are they? Heirloom beans are the ones that our fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers have been growing year after year here in New England. They have selected them over a long period of time to suit the climate and soil and to give them a quality that New England people like. They […]

Many persons have exclaimed with delight over a brilliant patch of the little red-crested lichen, or British soldiers, growing on sterile soil, and have gathered it for dish-gardens and table decorations; or have noted the widely-spreading, grayish green tufts of the so-called reindeer “moss,” one of the commonest of the soil lichens. But the soil […]

July brings the first long-awaited opportunities to sit back, in your porch rocker or lawn chair, and enjoy your garden’s rewards in beauty and flowers. With most chores completed, you may now concentrate on maintenance and watering. Enough emphasis cannot be placed on watering as much of the progress or failure of your garden depends […]

The bloom pageant of early summer has now reached its peak. Soon the growth cycle that is initiated about midsummer will begin. Buds on trees, shrubs, vines and fruit trees will become vegetative (producing shoots) or fruitful (producing flowers). Some growth can be influenced by culture, some cannot. Cutting back the long green shoots of […]