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How to get a Christmas Cactus to bloom on time

October 5, 2012

LAST WINTER I STARTED INTRODUCING MORE CULTIVARS TO MY COLLECTION OF CHRISTMAS CACTUS. WITH NEW ONES BEING INTRODUCED EACH YEAR, IMPROVED FORMS OF YELLOW…

Greenhouse Life – Moving Plants Back Indoors for the Winter

September 30, 2012

A SOUTH AFRICAN BULBS, MASSONIA JASMINIFLORA, SLOWLY EMERGES ITS TWO LONELY BUT QUITE BEAUTIFULLY PATTERNED AND TEXTURED LEAVES, AFTER BEING DORMANT ALL SUMMER UNDER…

Young People Are Gardening Again! So What if it’s in Virtual Reality

September 30, 2012

AN AVATAR FARMER IN SECOND LIFE, FLIES OVER HIS FIELD OF BLOOMING SUNFLOWERS. THIS VIRTUAL REALITY ON-LINE WORLD HAS PLENTY OF GARDENERS. You better…

The Crocus of Autumn

September 28, 2012

Colchicum make excellent cut flowers, they can last more than a week in water, and picking them will actually make your display next year…

Creative Rejuvenation at the Snow Farm Craft Center

September 26, 2012

Kris Paulson a lead designer from our Furby team, made this faux deer head wall hanging. I just returned from three awesome days of…

Color Inspiration at the Berkshire Botanical Garden

September 25, 2012

PURPLE NICOTIANA ADDS A BRIGHT NOTE TO A VIOLET AND BLUE BORDER. HERE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW MASS PLANTINGS OF ANNUALS CAN…

A Morning at the Heritage Breed Poultry Swap

September 24, 2012

OUR NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE FLOCK – A STYLISH PAIR OF BARRED ROCK BANTAM CHICKENS TODAY’S SWAP, WHICH WAS HELD IN LANCASTER, MASSACHUSETTS WAS…

PLANTING FALL PANSIES FOR WINTER COLOR

September 23, 2012

TODAY I PLANTED PANSIES AMONG THE FALL CROPS IN SOME OF MY RAISED BEDS. WONDERING WHY? READ ON….. Nothing says that it is springtime…

Four Chrysanthemum Facts You Need to Know

September 18, 2012

JAPANESE SPIDER MUMS, WHEN PROPERLY GROWN TO 6 FOOT TALL SINGLE STEMS AND DISBUDDED TO A SINGLE BUT, CAN PRODUCE THE MOST AMAZING FLOWERS…

Japanese Flower Parks in Autumn: Meet the Corn Maze of the Future

September 17, 2012

KOCHIA BEDDED OUT ON ACRES AT A FLOWER PARK IN JAPAN, STILL IN IT’S SUMMER-GREEN STAGE. BY OCTOBER, THIS FIELD WILL TRANSFORM INTO AN…

Growing With Plants

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