New England Regional Report

Preserving Herbs for Winter Meals

Our garden herbs hail from different regions of the world and they have different preferences for soil type and moisture. Basil, for instance, prefers soil on the moisture-retentive side, while rosemary needs sharp drainage. Similarly, there's no one...
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Freezing Fruits and Vegetables
Prepare New Beds the Easy Way

Prepare Houseplants for the Move Indoors
Clip Seedpods
Spray Lawn for Grubs
Save Leaves for Mulch or Compost
Divide and Transplant Perennials

Solutions for the Rain-Soaked Garden

This would have been the year to garden in raised beds. Actually, this would have been the year to grow everything in containers that could at least have a hope of drying out before the next deluge. The community gardens at my office squish under...
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Plant Disease Diagnostics
American Rose Society Trial Membership

Freeze Fresh Corn
Freeze Berries
Remove Debris Under Roses
Take Advantage of Plant Sales
Stop Pruning Trees and Shrubs

Midsummer Catch-Up

I may be jumping the gun a bit, but I'm already looking forward to next year's gardening season. That's not because I'm so organized that I know what new plants I'm going to try and how I'm going to remedy the areas that need some more pizzazz. It's...
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Adjust Width of Strawberry Rows
Queen-of-the-Prairie 'Venusta'

Divide Perennial Poppies
Collect Seeds
Keep Watering Strawberry Bed
Reduce Watering of Potatoes and Onions
Tending Plants in Rainy Weather

Gardening is a Natural High

Last night as I was picking delicacies for a fruit salad -- blueberries and strawberries and cherries and blackberries, all within a few yards of my back door, I was thinking about why gardening makes me feel so happy. It's partly the food value,...
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Natural Gardening in Small Spaces
Planting Lilacs

Fertilize Container Plants
Patrol for Japanese Beetles
Save Lupine Seeds
Stake Tall Dahlias
Keep Compost Pile Moist

Wildlife Musings

A grey catbird has claimed the tippy top of a birch tree in my backyard as his new roost. He serenades us morning and night with his impressively wide-ranging vocalizations and isn't even deterred when we eat on the back deck within 50 feet of him. A...
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Visit Gardens While on Vacation
Donate Extra Harvests

Take Advantage of Discounted Perennials
Keep Tomatoes Evenly Watered
Propagate Oriental Poppies
Fertilize Blueberries
Fertilize Container Plantings

Gardening With a 5 A Day Dog

My yellow lab, Sophie, is very single-minded. She lives for food ... fresh or rotten, it makes no difference. She'll tear into a garbage bag if given half a chance, gorge until she makes herself sick, then do it all again the next time the opportunity...
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Dogs in the Garden
Serenade Disease Control

Seed Summer Lettuce
Pinch Basil
Trim Back Early-Blooming Perennials
Snip Low Tomato Suckers
Cultivate After a Heavy Rain

Strawberry Season

Strawberry rhubarb pie is one of my favorite springtime treats, and although I grow both rhubarb and strawberries, I've never been able to make a pie using only fresh fruit from my garden. The rhubarb is always past its prime by the time the...
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Garden in the Woods
Make a Nursery Bed

Edge Garden Beds
Raise Containers Off the Ground
Deadhead Early Bloomers
Pruning Early-Blooming Clematis
Remove Moldy Strawberries

The Root of the Matter

Here's a little quiz to test your root IQ: 1. When you're planting a six-pack of annuals, what's the best way to deal with root-bound seedlings? Is it (a) tease the roots apart before planting, or (b) leave the rootball intact? 2. Is the...
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Skip the Gravel in Containers
Roots Demystified

Shorten Tall Perennials
Keeping Tulips Blooming
Foil Lily Leaf Beetles
Make a Nursery Bed
Remove Tree Suckers and Weeds

A Summer of Easy-Care Roses

What if there were plants you could grow around your home whose beauty and fragrance stopped you in your tracks every time you walked by? And what if that's about all the attention they needed? A multitude of roses offer all these attributes and more,...
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Cutting Roses
Black Lace Elderberry

Support Peonies
Attract Birds With Moving Water
Relocate Bulbs After Flowering
Pinching for More Flowers
Multiply Ground Covers

Welcoming Birds and Bees

No matter what motivates us to garden -- healthy food, beauty, relaxation, family fun -- we are not the only beneficiaries. Birds, insects, and other wildlife derive sustenance and shelter from what we grow. We may plant viburnums for their spring...
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Reducing Floppy Hydrangea Flowers
The Wildlife Gardener's Guide

Rooting Pussy Willow Branches
Warming Up the Soil
Remove Leaves Around Roses
Promoting Sturdier Transplants
Plant Rhubarb

Ode to Mulch

Spring is the time of year when a gardener's fancy turns to thoughts of ... mulch. The semi-annual ritual of mulching may not be as high on the list as romance, but it certainly is as much a rite of spring, giving gardeners SOMETHING to do in the garden...
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Choose the Right Rake for the Job
Amelanchier

Treat Lawns with Corn Gluten
Start Early Greens Indoors
Patch Lawn in Spring
Pruning Woody Perennials
Sow Peas

New England Regional Report

Preserving Herbs for Winter Meals

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Solutions for the Rain-Soaked Garden

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Midsummer Catch-Up

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Gardening is a Natural High

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Wildlife Musings

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Gardening With a 5 A Day Dog

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Strawberry Season

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The Root of the Matter

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A Summer of Easy-Care Roses

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Welcoming Birds and Bees

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Ode to Mulch

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Reminders