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  End of Year Gardening Webinar Sale!      The calendar has turned to December and lots of gardeners are scurrying for the holidays. Whether it be decorating a tree, home or outdoors, planning holiday meals or thinking about holiday gifts, it's a busy time of year. Let me help with one of those items. Each year I put my gardening webinars on sale for the holidays. These 21 gardening webinars are ones I've presented in the past and recorded. I keep adding to the library each year.     This year I've created 3...

  Callas and Caladiums, Growing Artichokes, Building A Hugel Mound and Aloe Vera My flower show talks have wrapped up for 2025. It was great visiting small regional shows and the largest flower show in the country to get inspired for spring. Hopefully you got a chance to visit your regional flower show for some ideas. One talk I did at our Vermont Flower Show this year was on Summer Bulbs. While we often think of dahlias, gladiolus and lilies when we talk about summer bulbs, there are others that are worth growing even in the North. I...

  Small, Spring Flowering Bulbs, Making Raised Beds, Golden Tamaracks, and Digging Dahlias     It's hard to believe that it's November already. After a warm, dry October, November is coming in with cool temperatures and needed, soaking rains. It's a great time to finish up our spring flowering bulbs planting. One group of bulbs that doesn't get the attention the rock stars like tulips and daffodils get, are the small bulbs. These include snow drops, crocus, grape hyacinths, scilla and anemone. These bulbs are small, but mighty....

  Arugula Indoors and Out, Your Lavender Retreat, Flower Shows and Tropical Hibiscus   As a very snowy February wraps up in our Vermont garden, it's hard to believe that spring is technically only a few weeks away. I know the weather changes quickly this time of year and I have noticed that traveling to flower shows and garden talks. All I have to do is travel a few hundred miles South and the snow disappears. Speaking of traveling, I'm busy this time of year doing garden talks. And it's flower show season. I highlight the next...

  Garden Phlox, Succession Planting Veggies, My New Book and Tomato Hornworms       August is rolling in and the heat and humidity continues in our zone 5, Vermont garden. It's made for an amazing blueberry crop year and the tomatoes are huge. We have lots of flowers enjoying this hot, wet summer and one of our late summer favorites is the tall, garden phlox. This hardy, tough perennial starts flowering now and can last into fall. There are lots of good varieties to choose from and I talk about growing them in this...

 Bulbs in a Pot, Tasty Majestic Chestnuts, Using Fallen Leaves and My Fall Gardening Show on Vt Public      Right on cue, the weather in our zone 5, Vermont garden has turned into a true fall. The temperatures have dropped and we've even gotten some good, soaking rains so I don't have to water my new trees and shrubs as much. I've been waiting for this cooler, wetter weather to plant our spring flowering bulbs. One technique to get a great bulb flower show in spring is to force bulbs in a pot. This is a good technique to use if...

    All About Soils: Webinars, Podcasts and Stories The snows are mostly gone from many areas and the soil is drying out. It's time to start thinking about your garden soil. The soil is the most important part of your garden. Getting the soil right goes a long way to growing healthier vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs and for making a healthier ecosystem. That's why I'm focusing this newsletter on protecting and building better soil. In this newsletter, I highlight my Soils and Mulches Webinar and my No Dig Gardening and...