June, Drink Your Veggies!
By Leslie Watkins It’s time to plant the vegetable garden. We don’t have a long growing season, but we do…
Through the Garden Gate
May, Spring Remedies
By Leslie Watkins Root beer anyone? Not the sweet, syrupy concoction found on the grocery shelf, but the real deal…
April, Happy as a Pig in Mud
By Leslie Watkins Mud season is that slippery, slimy time of year when winter melt starts from the surface and…
March, Forcing the Issue
Through the Garden Gate By Leslie Watkins This time of year, most of us in the North have had about…
February, Planning a Garden
Through the Garden Gate By Leslie Watkins Winter is a wonderful time to plan and design a new garden. The…
December, Winter Greenery
By Leslie Watkins This year the astronomical first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere falls on Friday, December…
November, Winter Is Coming
By Leslie Watkins Along with signs like the early migration of birds and butterflies, pigs collecting sticks and an…
October, Thinking Ahead With Ornamental Bulbs
By Leslie Watkins Planting flower bulbs in the fall is like giving yourself a surprise present in the spring….
Through the Garden Date: September, Darling Dahlias
By Leslie Watkins Dahlias are among the darlings of the specialty cut-flower world. They are big, bold and beautiful…
August, A Garden of Simples
Let thy kitchen be thy apothecary, and let foods be thy medicine. —Hippocrates By Leslie Watkins How nice to pinch…