Category: Gardening

Deer Proofing Your Landscape

What can you plant to help deter deer from visiting your garden? Apparently deer rely on their sense of smell when it comes to food. By planting strong smelling perennials like Chives, Nepeta and Lavender, you can help mask the smell of more appetizing plants. Plants with rough or fuzzy texture or thorns planted around […]

Spring Bulb Planting

There are several types of bulbs known as “tender bulbs”, which need be planted in your gardens and containers in the spring for summer flowers and interest. These bulbs are not cold hardy enough to withstand our Vermont winters, but will thrive in the summer Landscape if treated like annuals. They are great in containers […]

Container Gardening – Home & Garden Show Workshop Summary

There are many things to take into consideration when it comes to container gardening. First you need to determine the placement of your planters. Are they going to be permanent or are you going to need to be able to move them? After you decide where you want them, you need to decide how many […]