Contributed by Libby Coley SPIDERS in my plants! Did a wave of “ewww” just go through your spine? Often maligned and feared, these eight-legged critters should be considered one of our best friends in the garden. Why, you ask? Bottom line: spiders eliminate many...
Contributed by Allan Robinson Like many of you, last weekend I was completing one of the “final” final clean-ups of the year. I’m hedging to say “final” as this IS New England and for another few weeks leaves will accumulate beneath the...
Submitted by Tim Wholey It seems like just last week we were discussing changing out our summer containers, but that was over two months ago now! People are already starting to ask when we will be making the switch over to our winter arrangements. I am still trying to...
Contributed by Allan Robinson Near my front door, which I use multiple times every day, is an ornamental tree that I admire. I take a sense of pride in this tree, as my partner and I planted it back in ’08. The day was warm and the tree perhaps a tad too big for...
Contributed by Tim Wholey Every year around this time we send kids back to school, dodge increased traffic and get the feel of shorter days, cooler nights, and hints of the crisp scents of autumn. Our gardens and seasonal containers also start showing their age but...
Contributed by Brian McGinn One Sunday every spring and one every fall brings a large outdoor Antique Flea Market to my local fairground. It boasts a very diverse group of vendors with a very diverse collection of antiques but more realistically they are selling junk....