The Gardening Guy

Include homegrown (or local) vegetables in your holiday feasts

Eating from your garden is possible even in December I personally think that the Canadians have the right idea: They […]

How to make a wildlife terrarium from your backyard When I was in the third or fourth grade, way back […]

After you’ve weeded your garden, raked your leaves and cut back some of your perennials (and left some for the […]

Forcing bulbs for early spring blossoms indoors I love tulips. Fortunately, our dog Rowan keeps the deer away, so I […]

Put a few here and there, or make a big splash of color As a boy I was surrounded by […]

Back in the 1980s the Dartmouth Film Department showed a film by Les Blank called Garlic Is as Good as […]

Don’t let the bed bugs bite Frost has already lightly brushed my garden, and hard frost is not far behind. […]

It’s not too late to plant your orchard this year I love the saying that something is “As American as […]

Try asters, Joe Pye or turtlehead for autumn color Many gardeners go to the plant nurseries in June, and buy […]

Water deep if you can, and mulch properly Many of my readers are suffering from a serious drought, enough so […]