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Garden Health & Seed Saving

Garden Health & Seed Saving

The rainy weeks of August have promoted plant diseases, weeds, and some pests.  As harvesting of onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and other vegetables continues it’s important to practice prevention to limit damage to our hard-earned harvests. While harvesting veggies, herbs, and flowers is the best part of gardening, don’t overlook another crop you might want to gather… seeds for next year.  If you’ve grown peas, beans, tomatoes, or lettuce these are the easiest to save and assure you will have good…

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August Abundance!

August Abundance!

After all these rains it’s a great feeling to see your garden in full maturity and producing an abundance of veggies, herbs, flowers, and soon to be harvested potatoes, onions, carrots, beets, turnips, and more.  It’s the reward that a hard-working gardener deserves and should enjoy this time of year.  Harvesting is key to good production, the more you pick the more you get!  Leaving fruits on plants to get over-ripe or go to seed tells the plants its job…

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Late July Gardening

Late July Gardening

We are in peak garden season and there’s a lot happening out there.  While you enjoy some satisfying harvests and flowers stay alert to new pests showing up now so we can prevent serious damage. There are some great things that can be planted now too.  Garlic harvest is almost here so let’s look at the best way to harvest, cure, and select next year’s crop? Weeds are growing too and it’s important to prevent them from producing seed that…

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Got Garlic? Time to Plant!

Got Garlic? Time to Plant!

I like to wrap up fall gardening with planting something.  Garlic is an easy New England crop and it’s great to have something to look forward to for next year already in the ground when winter arrives. Nothing compares with fresh garlic from your garden and now is the time to sow your garlic, along with many other bulbs that will be the first things up next spring.  Let’s look at a few tricks to have a successful garlic crop…

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Extend the Season – Improve Your Soil

Extend the Season – Improve Your Soil

Jack Frost visited this week and the first damaging frosts of the season are upon us. Many gardens are already showing signs of leaf injury on squash, cukes, peppers, tomatoes, and basil.  These are among the most susceptible plants.  Even if you escaped the first frost there is a second round in the forecast and it will be more serious with 3 cold nights near 30 F Friday, Saturday, & Sunday.  Good News, there are a few easy precautions we…

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August Abundance is Here!

August Abundance is Here!

It’s a great feeling to see your garden in full maturity and producing as much or more than you hoped for.  That’s the reward that a hard-working gardener deserves and should enjoy this time of year.  Harvesting is vital to good production, the more you pick the more you get!  Leaving fruits on plants to get over-ripe signals the plants to slow or stop production.  Of course, overabundance can become a burden too, unless we have some good ways to…

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Late July Garden

Late July Garden

We are in peak garden production season and there’s a lot happening out there.  While you enjoy some satisfying harvests stay alert to new pests showing up now and how to prevent serious damage.  Do you know there are some great things that can be planted now?  Garlic harvest is almost here, what’s the best way to harvest, cure, and select next year’s crop?  This week let’s look at these topics plus a couple key tips to make your garden…

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