It is early December here in New Hampshire and the ground should be frozen, but it is not. Gardening for this year should be done, but it is not. Is it climate change or my stubborn nature to still be attending to those last few gardening chores of the season? Well, whatever, I am pleased … Continue reading Hanging On →

Most people are very familiar with the chrysanthemums (mums) that are seen all around New England every fall. They provide a burst of color that lasts for a few weeks and then we discard the plants because they are not hardy here in zone 5b. Less familiar to the casual gardener however is the group … Continue reading Our Perennial Chrysanthemums →

I have been remiss in not writing a garden blog for quite some time so today I am going to give an update of what the gardens look like this September. The flower boxes have given us very nice color this summer but they do require daily watering considering how dry it has been. The … Continue reading September Gardens →

When I Iast wrote in this gardening blog it was late November 2021. Now six months later the fruits of may labor are becoming evident. To refresh your memory, I had been blogging about a major renovation of my derelict perennial garden. Here is a before picture to jog you memory. As you can see … Continue reading Fast Forward Six Months →

Today is November 23rd and I am still gardening! There are a couple of reasons for this. One is that Patty and I took eight days to attend a destination wedding in Aruba in the middle of the Fall season. That delayed my gardening schedule. But don’t think for a moment that I am sorry … Continue reading Garden Renovation Chapter 4 →

A hole in the ground Yes, that is a picture of a hole in the ground. More specifically, a hole in soil that has been amended with peat moss, loam/compost 50/50 mix, a Garden way cart full of my own compost all mixed together by my rototiller doing doughnuts in the soil. But there was … Continue reading Garden Renovation Continues Chapter 3 →

This is about how I feel right now. To say that this has been a full day would be an understatement. By yesterday I could see the end of removing poison ivy, quack grass, evening primrose and other assorted, unwanted weeds from the garden renovation spot. So I scheduled a delivery of ten yards of … Continue reading Garden Renovation – The Big One Chapter 2 →

It’s ugly and it’s all mine! This has been the site of my perennial garden for the past thirty years or so. Obviously I let it get away from me. Believe it or not there are still good perennial plants mixed in with the poison ivy, evening primrose, quack grass and other aggressive perennial weeds. … Continue reading Another Garden Renovation (the big one!) →

In 1977 we moved into our little cottage nestled into an apple orchard. By 1978 we were ready to diversify the fruit tree plantings and began with a Reliance peach tree. Through the years we harvested many more peaches than I could ever count. But alas, peach trees don’t last forever and so last year … Continue reading Garden Transformation →