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Rejuvenescent Pruning in the Rose Garden

The last few weeks have been incredibly busy! Connecticut Rose Society just hosted the ARS Yankee District Convention during the first weekend in April. I love these and I always open our home to traveling rose friends who present programs for us. Bob and I were thrilled to welcome Baldo Villegas and Mark and ...

Winter Anticipation Of Spring In The Rose Garden

This rose gardener from North-Central Connecticut is waking up from her winter slumber! This winter, I have read lots of books, enjoyed many warm fires in the stove with my husband and family, cooked up hearty winter meals, and slept soundly till the morning sun’s arrival. All of a sudden, in the last couple of ...

DIY Mushroom Logs Part 2: Log Inoculation

Now that I’ve convinced you—and myself!—that growing your own mushrooms on a log is the thing to do, and also explained the details about Phase 1 of DIY mushroom growing—Substrate Acquisition—it’s time to put down the chainsaw and pick up the power drill for Phase 2. Supplies Log inoculation is the goal of DIY mushroom ...

“March”ing Into Mud Season

Ah, March…the third month of the year…how she teases us with the promise of Spring!! However, here in north-central Connecticut, March is a fickle trickster. We have seen our hugest snowstorms during this month. I remember a gigantic blizzard back in 1978 when my kids were little. Their bus didn’t arrive until 5:00 in the ...

DIY Mushrooms: Acquiring the Substrate

I have tried growing mushrooms using the pre-packaged, pre-inoculated blocks of sawdust-like material that you can find in plant shops and grocery stores. I’ve even written about here within PlantersPlace.com. I’ll be honest—I didn’t have a whole lot of success. Was it me? Was it a faulty mushroom block? Several faulty mushroom blocks? Not being ...

Seed Starting: Is It Right for You?

January and February are the months where you see a lot of blog and social media posts urging you to “Let’s get ready for seed starting!” I’ve written posts just like that—HERE and HERE and HERE. However this post is not that post. Instead, let’s consider some reasons why you might bypass the seed sowing ...

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