The Vermont Gardener

If you're into any form of agriculture from animals to flowers or vegetables, the weather plays a big and changing role and can n...

25.9° here on the mountain above Peacham Pond. The season at the flower farm is over so I can begin posting again on The Vermont Gar...

For years now I have over-wintered thousands of pots with success. I receive lots of questions about how to do this and a number of p...

Here are some thoughts that I shared recently with a monthly newspaper from Danville, Vermont. Read on. DIVIDING DAYLILIES IN ...

 Tuesday, June 27, 2017 A beautiful morning at the flower farm but it comes with a repeat on the weather forecast. This morning's...

 Tuesday, June 20, 2017 When adding new plants to your garden your goal is always to have the healthiest, largest addition in the sho...

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 A beautiful day at the flower farm. Cool for a change but sunny, bright, windless. I just toured the perimet...

Here's a piece I wrote for The North Star  Monthly in early March when I was thinking about gardening but was seeing nothing but "...

Monday, June 5, 2017 A dark morning here at the flower farm. Light rain continues after a night of fairly constant rain. The fact i...

Saturday, May 13, 2017 Last week as I walked down to the shade garden that I built seventeen years ago, I noticed the patch of wild...

HOLLYHOCKS MAY 11, 2017 I received the following inquiry regarding hollyhocks. Hope this helps. "Good Afternoon, ...

Thursday, May 4, 2017 Good morning from the mountain above Peacham Pond where the temperature dropped to 28 last night but the wi...

T. grandiflorum Tuesday, May 2, 2017 I have been here at the flower farm since early morning and have moved equipment in and ou...

Gail just returned from another walk with Karl the Wonder Dog and they got back in the house just in time. It's been raining all ...

HYDRANGEAS We have sold hydrangeas at Vermont Flower Farm for several years now. We began by offering some paniculatas we bough...

Good morning from the mountain above Peacham Pond where last night's storm left us with 7" of wet, clingy snow. Central Vermon...

Monday, March 27, 2017 Almost 7:30 PM and the sun is about gone for another day. We are all so pleased with the approach of spr...

TICK CONTROL STUDY March 16, 2017 I am getting ready to blog about ticks, tick control and Lyme Disease. In the interim, read thi...

Thursday, March 2, 2017 Almost 9 PM and I have forgotten to issue that last minute reminder of how important this weekend i...

Monday, February 6, 2017 It's a beautiful day here on the mountain above Peacham Pond. It started the day at +10°F and is up to...