6 days ago by Gary Rondeau

With a couple of beautiful days this weekend, we are back to unseasonably dry winter weather. The temperatures squeaked up to almost 50 F both days, so the bees were flying a little. We are still eating lots of things from the garden. Earlier in the week, Ellen picked about a bushel of collard green ...

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9 days ago by Lynn

So last week I: Harvested what I could of the cauliflower. The heads were very small and after four months in the ground I could not justify more time. Not sure I will try cauliflower again next year; might be best to just go with successive plantings of broccoli. Harvested more rutabaga, carrots, l ...

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10 days ago by Phillip Oliver

Things are blooming like mad on this first day of February - our Star Magnolia is in full bloom, way ahead of schedule. One thing that is on time, is the Winter Honeysuckle. It is such a pleasure to catch the fragrance of this shrub. It comes unexpected and envelopes you in wonderfulness. I took thi ...

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11 days ago by GardenAuthor

(Winter comes to Ipswich, MA) Corliss Clips February 2012 ......Page 1 February To-Do List Enjoy the winter Feed the birds Read seed catalogs And think spring! While this winter has been unusually mild and almost devoid of snow cover, the following views are quite familiar to those of us who've expe ...

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11 days ago by GardenAuthor

Corliss Clips February 2012 ...... Page 2 More winter fruit... For the sake of this discussion, we’re concentrating on those fruits that linger well into the winter, sometimes until early spring. And nothing fits this description better than certain members of the genus Viburnum. Years of cultivatin ...

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11 days ago by GardenAuthor

Seed Catalog Dreams... Summer's Sweet Harvest! Corliss Clips February 2012 ....... Page 3 Sowing Pea Seeds Seed Starting... Certain seeds, like petunia and geranium, are notoriously slow to germinate and progress toward maturity at a veritable snail’s pace. A quick check on the seed packet, in the s ...

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11 days ago by GardenAuthor

Valentine's Day Reminder... February 14th! Corliss Clips February 2012 ......Page 4 Remember, the birds can still use an assist, so keep a good supply of seed and suet on hand - it's a long while before insects and natural food sources become available to those feathered friends. Take an outing to y ...

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23 days ago by GAL

To say this week has been a long one is an understatement! There’s still a ways to go, but tonight I’m excited about having salad with fresh greens from the cold frame. That’s right, folks, the cold frame has officially exploded with big, luscious, leafy greens. How can a week be that bad when you h ...

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25 days ago by alice almighty

via Val's Musings My favorite winter gardening activity is planning. There are so many fantastic mail order and bare root nurseries online, that you can pretty much have the whole garden finished in your head before the clouds part. In the northwest, there is a great nursery outside of Olympia that ...

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30 days ago by gardendesigning

I feel that there is always a special beauty in a winter garden, especially when the frost is glistening on the plants or if there is a blanket of snow covering the trees and shrubs. It never fails to make the garden seem all the more magical for me. But how do plants survive when temperatures drop ...

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