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Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse.

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Digging Belgian Endive for Winter Forcing

October 30, 2011

AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO FALL, I DUG THE ROOTS OF BELGIAN ENDIVE, NICE AND THICK AND EARTH-COVERED – THESE WILL BE POTTED UP…

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Preparing for a Historic Storm

October 29, 2011

First of all—IT’S OCTOBER! I figure that I have better post this now, before we loose electricity here in Worcester ( just west of…

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WINTER SUNSHINE – A New Winter Flowering Sweet Pea

October 27, 2011

NEW WINTER-FLOWERING SWEET PEA VARIETY CALLED ‘WINTER SUNSHINE” SPECIALLY BRED FOR LOW-LIGHT CONDITIONS FOUND IN NORTHERN GREENHOUSES. I discovered these terrific, new, winter-flowering sweet…

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The ‘Pop Rocks’ of Citrus- Australian Finger Limes

October 25, 2011

THE RARE AUSTRALIAN FINGER LIME PRODUCES TINY, ELONGATED LIMES WITH CRUNCY SEGMENTS THAT POP IN YOUR MOUTH. These are so cool, that I can…

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Fractal Broccoli

October 24, 2011

THE HEIRLOOM ITALIAN BROCCOLI, ROMANESCO, HAS A COMPLEX AND BEAUTIFUL FRACTAL PATTERN SEQUENCE THAT DEMONSTRATES A RECURSIVE HELICAL ARRANGEMENT OF CONES, A COMMON MATHEMATICAL…

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Fall Bulbs in the Greenhouse

October 21, 2011

AUTUMN FLOWERING CROCUS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO BLOOM I’m speaking this Saturday at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, leading an class on forcing fall and…

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Hipster x plantster – A Wilder Quarterly sprouts

October 21, 2011

This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine introduced many of us to a new, and very exciting magazine for those of us who love home…

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The Antique Apples of New England

October 19, 2011

Antique apples are suddenly back in style, which is no surprise given that heirloom tomatoes and other vintage vegetables are getting a lot of…

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and the winner is…..

October 16, 2011

The winner for the autographed copy of Julia Rothman’s book Farm Anatomy is the blog reader called ‘Acantholimon’. Yay! Congrats! Please contact me directly…

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Monet, Monet – It’s Tropical Waterlily Season

October 14, 2011

I thought that I might share some of the photos that I took last week of the tropical waterlilies that we saw planted in…

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