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Vermont Garden Journal

Mary Williams Engisch, Charlie Nardozzi

The Vermont Garden Journal on VPR with Charlie Nardozzi.

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5:06

2 inches down and 6 inches apart: Get those garlic...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/10/27

Love to use garlic in cooking? Consider planting your own. You can choose garlic types based on your taste. Then, as long as you've got composted and well-drained soil, you should get a good garlic harvest next summer.

5:00

Like late bloomers? Try hardy Montauk daisies

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/10/20

Sometimes blooming up until — and even after — the first frost, flowers like Montauk daisies and stokesia provide a last gasp of late fall color.

5:07

Daffodils didn't deliver? Plant spring flowering...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/10/13

If your daffodils and other flowering bulbs didn't grow well this past spring, try planting flowering onions. They are beautiful and fairly trouble-free. Purchase a few when you're getting other spring flowering bulbs ready to plant later this month.

4:40

Getting that look of spring flowering bulbs popping...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/09/29

If you love seeing spring flowers popping up under trees, across your lawn or in your meadow, start planning how to get that look now. Soon, you can go purchase your favorite bulbs and get them in the ground.

4:51

More late summer tasks to get your gardens ready for...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/09/22

If your peony plants didn't bloom as much this year, perhaps they're getting too much shade. As you prep your gardens for fall and winter, separating and moving your peonies could help them bloom better next year.

4:59

Ensure beneficial pollinators have a cozy winter home...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/09/15

This fall as you clean up your garden and raised beds, remove less leaf litter, stems and other garden debris. Leaving these in place can create places for beneficial pollinators to overwinter.

5:00

A rose by any other name may be Sharon

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/08/25

Related to the hardy hibiscus and known for its large blossoms, the Rose of Sharon grows well in full sun and well-drained soil. Add it to your garden or landscape for a tall shrub that brings great color this time of year.

5:00

Charlie Nardozzi answers gardening questions on June...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/07/28

Many gardens are thriving, despite some fits and starts with lots more rain and humidity. Still, people have gardening questions! Charlie Nardozzi aims to answer quite a few.

5:02

Create a mini meadow in your yard with ornamental...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/07/21

Hardy ornamental grasses that grow in Midwestern prairies and meadows can also do well in Vermont.

4:30

Try planting strawberries, clover and aponaria as...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/03/17

Planting a pollinator garden is a great addition to a yard, but if you're low on space, consider replacing grass with these ground covers that are just as attractive and beneficial to pollinators.

4:11

Purple through and through: A new GMO tomato that...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/02/25

"Purple" is a new tomato from the Norfolk Plant Science group in England that has genes from a purple snapdragon flower. That modification gives the tomato its deep purple hue through and through, plus packs in more antioxidants.

4:15

You're a Libra? Here's a rose! Astrological signs and...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/02/18

All Things Gardening discusses a recent National Garden Bureau article that pairs Zodiac signs with the plants and flowers that complement them best. Plus, a potting soil solution for dryness.

4:29

Single stemmed and super tall, the vibrant blossoms...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/02/11

Zinnias are annual flowers that bloom reliably from mid-summer to frost, are pollinator and butterfly magnets, make great cut flowers and are easy to grow.

4:41

A gardening dispatch from India

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/02/04

Charlie Nardozzi is traveling in India and visiting a local garden center there. Nardozzi noticed several plants, flowers and veggies that grow well in Vermont, too.

4:41

A gardening dispatch from India

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/02/04

Charlie Nardozzi is traveling in India and visiting a local garden center there. Nardozzi noticed several plants, flowers and veggies that grow well in Vermont, too.

4:30

Houseplant Rx: stinky soil, wilted orchids and...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/01/28

Houseplants add color and act as sponges, soaking up carbon dioxide while adding oxygen. Still, there are a range of issues that can befall plant owners trying to keep certain houseplants thriving.

4:00

With a boot tray, soil and seeds, get growing this...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/01/21

While getting your hands into the warm soil is months off, you can grow small crops of microgreens indoors! These small batches of tender veggie shoots are great additions to salads, soups and smoothies.

4:15

Same easy-care house plants; new vibrant colors and...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/01/14

Common favorite houseplants like philodendrons and rubber trees come in varying colors, shapes and sizes.

4:15

From 6-pound tomatoes to 80-pound squash, seed...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2024/01/07

While the winter chill draws you indoors and you're dreaming of spring and summer gardening, leaf through seed catalogs (virtually or in-hand). Many local and regional seed companies offer heirloom and hardy vegetable plants in hundreds of varieties.

3:54

Next spring, plant a 'holiday berry patch' with...

Vermont Garden Journal ·

2023/12/24

A small patch of colorful, ornamental berry bushes could elevate your holiday decorating game next year.

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