The Vermont Gardener

Almost 20 years ago now we were heavily into growing lilium of every variety we could find. We  were gardening in Shelburne on the shor...

GARDENING  IN  2018 Here we are in early 2018 and I already seem to be far behind on everything. Despite an immunization in...

Go Vertical It’s a quiet morning here on the mountain above Peacham Pond. The rain gauge measures 0.43” of rain since 8 PM but ...

Recent Writings I write a monthly article for an area newspaper and post the the writings here at The Vermont Gardener afterwards. H...

The snow and cold continue to put a damper on my outside work. I keep the wood stove going and read gardening blogs of interest from near ...

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Just back in with Karl the Wonder Dog. It's a quiet morning, +11° when I first went out but now do...

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...