Growing With Plants

I am thrilled to report that as the fall-blooming southern hemispheric bulbs begin to emerge as the nights become cooler and the autumn rains…

BOTANIST AND AUTHOR (AND GALANTHUS EXPERT) JOHN GRIMSHAW VISITED WITH US THIS WEEKEND WHILE ON A SPEAKING TOUR OF THE US. I SENSE LOTS…

CYCLAMEN GRAECUM FROM GREECE, A TENDER CYCLAMEN SPECIES THAT OFTEN BLOOMS BEFORE THE FOLIAGE EMERGES. THIS YEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY GOOD SHOW….

It seems everyone has joined the Home Farming movement lately. Everything from keeping bees, to backyard chicken coops to raised beds of heirloom vegetables….

 As many of you know, I was raised in a canning family. My mom canned hundreds of jars of most every vegetable there was,…

Summer is nearly over here in New England, with cool nights and nippy mornings, most of the garden plants save for the late blooming…

TOBACCO (NICOTIANA TABACUM) CAN GROW INTO A 6 FOOT TALL ORNAMENTAL PLANT IN ONE SEASON  I don’t know where it came from, but I…

Colchicum autumnale var. alboplenum from White Flower Farm Colchicum species – a last minute buy if you are lucky. For what ever reason, many…