The Vermont Gardener

Lily of the Valley Another soggy morning here at the flower farm after another 2.4" of rain over the past 30 hours. This time ...

Saturday, April 20, 2019 Spring arrives differently depending upon where you live. I always read the latest home and garden notes...

Friday, March 29, 2019 During the past year and especially last spring when gardeners were thinking about what annuals they usually...

Friday, March, 29, 2019 It might be strange for me to be talking about bumblebees when there is still 4 feet of snow on the ground o...

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 When fall approaches farmers including flower farmers have a number of things which have to be cover...

 Sunday, February 17, 2019 Gardens are like people, they experience changes as they age. And sadly, just like people,  catastrophic...

Friday, February 15, 2019 A windy morning here on the  mountain above Peacham, Pond. Wednesday morning we had a foot of new sno...

Here are some thoughts about fall planting that I wrote about recently for an area newspaper. I describe our current customer profile ...

Every other year the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association  sponsors the Vermont Flower Show . For Vermont gardeners,  this ...

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 A blustery day here on the mountain. I just came in from cleaing off the car and trucks and getting the...

THE DAYLILY DISPLAY GARDEN A below zero morning with wind gusts in the 15-22 mph range. Not a nice day to travel as the wind is blow...

MAYAPPLE PODOPHYLLUM  PELTATUM Sometimes it takes me a while to catch up with a plant I have been looking for. Last s...

HOLLYHOCKS Hollyhock Seed Pods Drying On The Stalk Hollyhock Seeds Hollyhock plant showing root system ...

December 12, 2018 Welcome back to The Vermont Gardener.  We have completed another successful season growing flowers and have...

It was October 2007, when I decided to build a daylily display garden parallel to Route 2, the location of the "new" Vermont Fl...

Thursday, June 28, 2018 A shutterbug friend stopped by today and suggested I get into the hosta garden for some picture taking for t...

 Tuesday, June 12, 2018 A cold morning here at the flower farm. 39.1° right now but rising to +70° by noontime. Everything seems to b...