I personally think that the Canadians have the right idea: they have their Thanksgiving feast the second Monday in October, right after the harvest...
When I was in the third or fourth grade, way back in the 1950s, I decided I wanted to grow something indoors in the winter months. My mom grew...
After you’ve weeded your garden, raked your leaves and cut back some of your perennials (and left some for the insects and birds), you may think...
I love tulips. Fortunately, our dog Rowan keeps the deer away, so I can grow them in our garden. But if you have a deer problem and can’t grow...
As a boy I was surrounded by hundreds of spring daffodils every year. We lived in rural Connecticut, and the people we bought our house from had...
Back in the 1980s the Dartmouth Film Department showed a film by Les Blanc called, “Garlic Is as Good as 10 Mothers.” It was shown in “Smell-o-Rama...
Nighttime air is crisp. Trees are orange and red as their leaves change color and fall to the ground. Overhead, wedges of geese honk as they pass...
Frost has already lightly brushed my garden, and hard frost is not far behind. Even in warmer spots it is good to start getting ready for winter...