We all love flowers in the landscape. Every spring we look forward to the spectacular blooms of ornamental flowering crabs, rhododendrons, lilacs and azaleas. Our gardens bless us with an array of blooms following a seasonal succession we come to know and love — spring bulbs, carpets of creeping phlox, iris, lilies, daylilies, etc. They’re [...]
Asprinkle of cilantro on tortilla soup. Luscious lemon grass in a Thai stir-fry. A dash of French tarragon in a chicken salad sandwich.
You don’t have to be a foodie to know that fresh herbs make any dish special. And growing your own in a kitchen garden makes any meal sweeter, or spicier, or . [...]
These herbs may thrive in cooler temperatures, but some seeds, such as those of parsley, can take up to a month to germinate, especially in cold spring soils. Soaking the seeds overnight and covering newly seeded beds with clear plastic help speed germination of direct-sown seeds.
If you start the plants indoors, make sure the [...]
It’s hard to believe after our wet winter but the emphasis for this year’s and future gardens will be on saving our most precious resource, water. We are obligated to use it wisely and I will pass on any information and tips pertaining to the issue that I discover. Do you realize fish counts are [...]
They’re a favorite Thanksgiving side dish, praised for their health benefits and the source of a roughly $70 million industry.
Now, Massachusetts cranberries are being lauded for something far less glamorous: their waste.
Confronted with mounting piles of cranberry skins left over from Ocean Spray’s juice processing facility in Middleborough, the man who manages and hauls away [...]
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