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    All About Bulbs: Webinar, Videos, and Articles    October is spring flowering bulb and garlic planting month. Usually I'd have planted everything by now in our zone 5 garden, but because of the warm, dry fall, I'm waiting a few more weeks until the cooler weather and rains come. Plus, I'm still waiting for some of my bulb orders to arrive! So now is the time to have a plan for planting. To help, I'm highlighting my webinar, Growing Bulbs, to give you options for planting spring flowering bulbs in your yard, garden or...

        Fall Gardening Chores: Webinars, Podcasts and Stories     The calendar may have turned to September, but our warm days continue. I returned from my Gardens of Scotland tour only to find the vegetables and flowers still going strong and needing some water. Luckily my wife, Wendy, was home to keep the gardens growing. But fall is right around the corner so I thought to help us get ready for winter I'd offer a webinar and some videos and article about fall gardening. I highlight my webinar. Fall Gardening...

    Berries for the Birds, Russian Sage, Sunflower Fun, and Harvesting Winter Squash    The calendar has turned to September in our zone 5 garden, but not much else has changed. The days are sunny, we're finally getting some much needed rain, the temperatures are still warm during the day, yet cool at night, the flowers and veggies are still producing and the insects have moved on. Yes, it is one of my favorite times of the year. One of our fun activities this time of year is watching the birds. We have lots of bird friendly...

  Hardy Hibiscus, Preserving Those Tomatoes, Fall Spinach and Watering   Many areas of the country, including our Vermont garden, are experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions. This amazes me because a month or two ago we were complaining about all the rain. Then Mother Nature turned off the spigot and we have very dry conditions. So, it's important to water your trees, shrubs, perennials and late summer planted veggies and flowers well. I talk about some watering strategies in this newsletter. Late summer can be a...