What a summer we are having! So many extremes, it sure is keeping us on our toes as gardeners. The heat wave this weekend tested us, that's for sure. Then, blessed relief and LOTS of rain. Again. Do you know what that means? Expect the...
This week the crops in our summer gardens are jumping for joy. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, corn and so many of the food that we grow in our edible gardens are tropicals. They LOVE and NEED the heat. I bet you will Monday's dinner harvested minutes before...
Summer is truly here in all its glory. In my world, we call this time of year "high summer" because the sun is high in the sky. I just got back from a delightful 6 day Staycation. I got into a nice routine of gardening...
Happy July! The arrival of summer means the start of our Summer Hours: Open Wednesday-Friday 9-6, Saturday 9-5, Sunday 10-4 Closed Monday and Tuesday July 4th-CLOSED Please make a note of this change. Why have we decided to close on Mondays and Tuesdays in the summer? We are not...
Last week Suzanne Hauselt (our resident bird expert) and I were privileged to have dinner with Doug Tallamy before he gave his talk at the CT Horticultural Society. He was so humble, so knowledgeable, so fascinating. The talk was packed, hundreds of people turned out...
It's POLLINATOR WEEK! It's time to celebrate the myriad creatures that pollinate most of our food plants. They are in trouble, their numbers are declining, and we ALL need to step up to the plate and help. At Natureworks, we protect and teach about pollinators...
Guess what? It's STILL SPRING! We have two more full weeks of this glorious season to go. June has been simply beautiful, and now that we have had a bit of rain, Tithonia (Mexican sunflower) is on my shopping list for this week. This is a...
Happy first full week of June. I spent my weekend working in my garden. The weather was stunning, the sky was blue, there was a delicious breeze, and I got a lot done. I write this email on Tuesdays in the Natureworks office. As I...
Guess what? Memorial Day is behind us and it's still May! And what a May it has been. We were so blessed with the sunniest Memorial Day weekend I can remember. The gardens are exploding with color. The vegetable plants I have planted already have...
May is progressing nicely. I am SO HAPPY that the monsoon season abated and we have enjoyed many sunny days. I noticed as I was walking around my garden, checking on when my peonies will be opening, that my mind was playing future games. Instead...