For Gardeners of All Levels!
know June is a bit late for a big revelation about the importance of soil temperature, so I’ll just say this.
A soil thermometer will be at the top of my Christmas wish list.
Sure, I scan the carefully researched information on the back of the Johnny’s seed packets, but after I answer the big [...]
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.
Think you can't grow a successful garden? NECN's Amy Sinclair would like to prove you wrong. She's working with Johnny's Selected Seeds of Winslow, Maine to grow a 10' by 10' garden that's low-maintenance and high-payoff. All you need to do is "just add water" (and maybe weed a little).
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