Tag: #gardening
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The legend of the woolly bear caterpillar
We grew up looking for the “woolly bears” in November on the way to school. And it wasn’t to step on them. Really. They are predictors of the future. You see … the caterpillars emerge from eggs during the warm summer months. Just as it’s getting cold in 4-5 months they mature and search for… Read more
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12 easy steps to pack your Dahlia babies away for the winter.
Step 1 Cut the plants about 9″to a foot above the soil about a week before you dig them up. This should be after the first soft frost. This year I did this on November 4th. Remember to mark them in October while they still have flowers so you can tell the colors next year.… Read more
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Keep this 2025 Planting & Harvesting Schedule for Sudbury
Uncle Mike’s Handy Garden Guide Winter is almost here. The garden and seed catalogs are coming in the mail daily. I reminisce about wonderful gardens past. Next year I’m going to have the best garden ever. Then I remember that by July I’m sick of watering and weeding. I wonder what I was thinking, planting… Read more
