Notes and Resources

In the last blog I talked about spring – and a little about the factors that determine what (and when) spring starts. In this blog I want to talk about …

Spring began at 6:29am on Monday March 20th. So why are we still looking at snow? For most of us the tease of warm weather that occurred in late February …

Fire sounds like a dangerous thing in the landscape – we currently have a huge grass fire burning in the central part of the U.S. causing loss of life and …

There is a lot of information going around about protecting our pollinators.   What we do in the garden, what we plant and how we interact with the environment around us …

On Saturday March 11th our lecture will be Weird Sex in Nature, How Plants Get it On presented by Elizabeth Farnsworth.  She is an excellent speaker and is presenting a …

Many people ask me if I am sick of winter?   Have you had enough snow? Is it time for spring?    I know that several major snowstorms in one week (or …

Now that we have been looking at seed catalogs, I thought it might be a good time to talk about how to germinate seeds. I always encourage you to add …

Looking out the window I can see the ground.  There is no snow cover in Monson right now.  That could certainly change at any moment – I have lived in …

With the holidays passed, we can start thinking about the garden again.    In the next few weeks the garden catalogs will begin appearing in your mail box, but before you …

Thanksgiving is behind us and Christmas and the New Year is coming up fast.   Using natural materials for decorating is always a nice addition to the home.    Here are some …