This time of year our mail box is chock full of seed catalog. Every year we get more and more so we thought it would be fun to highlight some of the more interesting, useful and un...
This year has been funny in that we have had some snow cover since November. Funny in that for the past few years the winter has been relatively dry. When we do not get much snow f...
One of the challenges for zone 4 gardening is dealing with the effects the cold weather has on the plants. Not the ones in the greenhouse but the ones in the beds. Winter Greenhous...
The weather men were all excited as the forecast of a snow storm blared from the TV, radio and Internet. You would have thought that we had never seen snow before. Shoot I can reme...
The snow is finally here and the days are getting shorter. We are fast approaching the shortest day of the year know as the winter solstice. The shortage of light is thought to cau...
Much has been written about the pros and cons of the big box stores and their garden sections. More con than pro. The box stores may not be the best place for garden needs due to t...
Now that the temperature is falling below freezing at night we need to bring in all the ceramic pottery. This includes all terra cotta pots, glazed ceramic pots and any other pots ...
It’s getting to that time of year when we have frost warnings. Last night and the night before were such cases. We have learned through hard lessons to err on the side of caution w...
Every year by the end of August our temperatures start the turn back to cooler. Even the angle of the sun tells us that fall is just about here. Another sure sign is the condition ...
Now that summers on the way out we make plans for the fall. Autumn is a perfect time of year to take care of all the work we put off due to lack of time during the busy summer. And...
