New England Gardener

Sorry folks, we have been a little behind when it comes to answering questions to the blog. So even though I’m a tremendous garden slouch compared with some of the other folks on this site, let’s see what we can help with. (My garden is struggling a little, but I did stay at a Holiday [...]

Hey, guess what?! My peonies are blooming! There is a first time for everything! Tim was right…I needed to keep the faith!
I think it was this blog that brought me good luck with them this year. I wish that I could share some wisdom regarding my [...]

The sunny breaks will be bring our blossoms out very fast. This weeks fun flowers in my yard are tulips, phlox, peony, and lilacs. My only tips are these two..
1. Use a tomato cage to support the top heavy peony blooms. Enjoy the ants marching on the buds, they really seem to enjoy this peony nectar.
2. Cut a few lilac buds as soon as the little purple pods crack open. Lilacs in a vase in the house have great aroma. Too strong for some. Lilacs love to be pruned.

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I am eager and excited to start gardening and blogging about it this year!
The preliminary work is done in my flower garden…the raking, clearing and assessing. I begin the season with high hopes and expectations!
That said, I won’t be sugarcoating my success this season. I know that the next few months [...]