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Putting Pen to Soil: The Power of a Garden Journal

Putting Pen to Soil: The Power of a Garden Journal

As the garden settles into its winter rest, November invites us to pause, reflect, and take stock of the growing...

Putting Pen to Soil: The Power of a Garden Journal

As the garden settles into its winter rest, November invites us to pause, reflect, and take stock of the growing...

Planting Cover Crops in the Fall: Nourish Your Soil Naturally

  As the main growing season winds down, many gardeners pack away their tools and call it a year. But...

Why You’ll Fall in Love with Planting Bulbs This Fall

Why You’ll Fall in Love with Planting Bulbs This Fall

  Fall bulb planting is one of gardening’s quiet joys... the kind of work that rewards you months later when...

Why You’ll Fall in Love with Planting Bulbs This Fall

  Fall bulb planting is one of gardening’s quiet joys... the kind of work that rewards you months later when...

Preparing Your Plants to Come Back Indoors After Summer

Preparing Your Plants to Come Back Indoors After Summer

  As summer winds down and the nights grow cooler, it’s time to think about bringing your favorite houseplants back...

Preparing Your Plants to Come Back Indoors After Summer

  As summer winds down and the nights grow cooler, it’s time to think about bringing your favorite houseplants back...

Give Your August Garden a Fresh Burst of Color

Give Your August Garden a Fresh Burst of Color

By the time August rolls around, many of our decorative annuals, especially those in containers, are looking a little sad...

Give Your August Garden a Fresh Burst of Color

By the time August rolls around, many of our decorative annuals, especially those in containers, are looking a little sad...

The Best Plants to Gift This Holiday Season: A Guide to Greenery That Spreads Joy

The Best Plants to Gift This Holiday Season: A Guide to Greenery That Spreads Joy

With the holiday season upon us, many of us are looking for thoughtful, unique gifts to share with loved ones....

The Best Plants to Gift This Holiday Season: A Guide to Greenery That Spreads Joy

With the holiday season upon us, many of us are looking for thoughtful, unique gifts to share with loved ones....

Winter Care for Indoor Houseplants: Tips for Thriving Plants All Season Long

Winter Care for Indoor Houseplants: Tips for Thriving Plants All Season Long

As the temperatures drop and the days grow shorter, indoor houseplants need a little extra attention to stay healthy and...

Winter Care for Indoor Houseplants: Tips for Thriving Plants All Season Long

As the temperatures drop and the days grow shorter, indoor houseplants need a little extra attention to stay healthy and...

Transforming Your Backyard: Planting a Heart-Shaped Garden with Coast of Maine's Penobscot Blend

Transforming Your Backyard: Planting a Heart-Shaped Garden with Coast of Maine's Penobscot Blend

Creating a garden that thrives in your space is part science, part art, and part working with what’s already there....

Transforming Your Backyard: Planting a Heart-Shaped Garden with Coast of Maine's Penobscot Blend

Creating a garden that thrives in your space is part science, part art, and part working with what’s already there....

Cultivating Legacy: 100 Orchards and Counting with Richard Hodges

Cultivating Legacy: 100 Orchards and Counting with Richard Hodges

Cultivating Legacy: 100 Orchards and Counting with Richard Hodges Today we’re celebrating a remarkable milestone: 100 school orchards planted by...

Cultivating Legacy: 100 Orchards and Counting with Richard Hodges

Cultivating Legacy: 100 Orchards and Counting with Richard Hodges Today we’re celebrating a remarkable milestone: 100 school orchards planted by...

Planting the Vibrant Viburnum: A Guide to Successful Shrub Installation

Planting the Vibrant Viburnum: A Guide to Successful Shrub Installation

Planting flowering shrubs can transform your garden into a blooming paradise, and the Viburnum is an exceptional choice. Known for...

Planting the Vibrant Viburnum: A Guide to Successful Shrub Installation

Planting flowering shrubs can transform your garden into a blooming paradise, and the Viburnum is an exceptional choice. Known for...

How to Graft Apple Trees: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Own Black Oxford

How to Graft Apple Trees: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Own Black Oxford

Grafting apple trees is a traditional horticultural practice that allows you to grow a desired apple variety on hardy rootstock....

How to Graft Apple Trees: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Own Black Oxford

Grafting apple trees is a traditional horticultural practice that allows you to grow a desired apple variety on hardy rootstock....

Reynolds Farms Nursery : A Family's Journey Through 65 Years of Growing Plants and Growing Together

Reynolds Farms Nursery : A Family's Journey Through 65 Years of Growing Plants and Growing Together

In a world that often measures success in skyscrapers and digital empires, there is something magical about a business that...

Reynolds Farms Nursery : A Family's Journey Through 65 Years of Growing Plants and Growing Together

In a world that often measures success in skyscrapers and digital empires, there is something magical about a business that...

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Garden Planning

Cultivating Your Perfect Garden Embark on the enchanting journey of gardening, where each plot of earth carries the potential for...

Garden Planning

Cultivating Your Perfect Garden Embark on the enchanting journey of gardening, where each plot of earth carries the potential for...

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Homecoming Boost & The Final Feeding

So, you successfully whisked all your houseplants safely inside ahead of the Big Bad Chill. And as usual, it was...

Homecoming Boost & The Final Feeding

So, you successfully whisked all your houseplants safely inside ahead of the Big Bad Chill. And as usual, it was...

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Bodacious Berries

It’s harvest time. So don’t start putting your garden to bed because there’s plenty of perks on the horizon. Don’t...

Bodacious Berries

It’s harvest time. So don’t start putting your garden to bed because there’s plenty of perks on the horizon. Don’t...

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Preventing Pests with a Compost Tea

The bugs are out in full force this Summer! When you find insects in your garden, your first instinct might...

Preventing Pests with a Compost Tea

The bugs are out in full force this Summer! When you find insects in your garden, your first instinct might...

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Green Gifts with Love

Your partner really wants a houseplant this Valentine’s Day. Enough hints have been dropped to let you know that a...

Green Gifts with Love

Your partner really wants a houseplant this Valentine’s Day. Enough hints have been dropped to let you know that a...

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Succulents Without Tears

They’re kinky, they’re seductive, and they look like something out of Sci-Fi. You’ve always wanted a succulent, right? Well, we’re...

Succulents Without Tears

They’re kinky, they’re seductive, and they look like something out of Sci-Fi. You’ve always wanted a succulent, right? Well, we’re...

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Good Company

Eek! The landscape outdoors is paring down. Every day more plants shed their leaves and drop off the scene. We...

Good Company

Eek! The landscape outdoors is paring down. Every day more plants shed their leaves and drop off the scene. We...

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Outside In

Autumn sort of sneaks up on you, doesn’t it? One week you’re dragging hoses outside in a heatwave to water...

Outside In

Autumn sort of sneaks up on you, doesn’t it? One week you’re dragging hoses outside in a heatwave to water...

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Keeping Plants Frisky in a Drought

If we learned anything this summer, it was how to wield a watering can. Steamy and dry weather was the...

Keeping Plants Frisky in a Drought

If we learned anything this summer, it was how to wield a watering can. Steamy and dry weather was the...

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Midsummer Reboot

Phew! Welcome to the long, sizzling summer. If you’re identifying that the proverbial cat on a hot tin roof right...

Midsummer Reboot

Phew! Welcome to the long, sizzling summer. If you’re identifying that the proverbial cat on a hot tin roof right...

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Porch Perennials

Sure, perennials are great in the garden. They come back faithfully every year (hopefully) and they grow more lush as...

Porch Perennials

Sure, perennials are great in the garden. They come back faithfully every year (hopefully) and they grow more lush as...

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The More, the Merrier

If you love to garden, then you should be getting the most out of every square foot in your garden....

The More, the Merrier

If you love to garden, then you should be getting the most out of every square foot in your garden....