Old hat, zone 4, cold climate garden blog.

Now that the annuals, save the geraniums are all finished, things have wound down to the middle of the summer jobs.  Keeping the perennial starts watered is number one followed closely by keeping the bedded perennials watered.  We can get some hot days and its surprising how fast a gallon plant can dry out.  And [...]

It’s well past the 4th of July which is the date we target as the end of annuals.  This year we continued to sell them into the middle of the month especially to summer residents who are looking to fill a spot.  As a matter of fact we will stagger some of the marigolds and [...]

It looks like the blog is stable so I am going to chance another post. We have added a new skin.  The old one seemed to waste space and did not include the calender.  This one is one of those free ones that are available because there is no time to construct a custom theme [...]