Topic: Addison County

It's time to take coleus cuttings

Want plenty of coleus plants next spring? It's easy to take cuttings and root them now.

Milkweed: Not just for monarch butterflies

Milkweed is best known for its usefulness to monarch butterflies, but it's a good plant for gardeners, too.

Self-sowing annual flowers

Some annual flowers do the work and seed themselves, creating a self-sown garden..

Seeds: Sow them and expect wonders

All garden treasures started as seeds. Be it a fragrant lilac, a juicy tomato, or a blue ribbon-winning pumpkin, the best, biggest, and most wonderful plants sprouted from an unassuming seed.

Have you ever found a pepper inside a pepper?

When a gardener finds a little pepper inside a bigger pepper, she wonders: Why does that happen and what's it called?

How to tell if last year's garden seeds are still good

Here's an easy way to test last year's garden seeds to see if they're still good.

Great picture books to get kids interested in gardening

Want to instill a love of gardening in little children? Here are some fun, colorful picture books to get kids interested.

Even more great seed companies that gardeners should know

The final installment in our series on small but notable seed companies gardeners should know about.

More great seed companies you may not know

Meet nine small, but high-quality companies that provide great seeds for your garden.

Great seed companies you may not know, part 1

Eight small-staffed but high-quality seed companies to consider for this growing season.

Planning a vegetable garden this year? Consider cabbage.

Cabbage is often-overlooked gem in vegetable garden.

The generosity of gardeners, comrades of the spade

A gardener finds that her favorite activity is filled with generous acts of communication and sharing.

The weather stick tells you if it's going to snow

There are many ways to forecast the weather, but if you want to know if it's going to rain or snow, try an old-fashioned New England weather stick.

Even when you don't follow the rules, compost happens

There are rules for making compost in the garden, but even if you don't follow them, you'll still end up with compost.

Thanksgiving and Christmas cactuses – what you need to know

Native shrubs for fall color

Community Supported Agriculture is great for farms, environment, and locavores

CSAs, or Community Supported Agriculture farms, are a good deal for farmers and the environment, providing great locally grown food.

Growing and celebrating giant pumpkins

Asters and goldenrod, perfect autumn garden companions

The two plants are ideal together – in legend and in the garden.

Along came a spider

How to root geraniums