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Winter Gardening Tips from a Vermont gardener.
In addition to some advice on how to keep your holiday plants (cyclamen
and poinsettas) happy and blooming, it also discusses the utility of our
beautiful northern snow as important insulation for your over-wintering
garden.
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Source: Vermont Weathervane
Protect
your plants from Frost
Hard to believe that we'd need to be paying attention to this issue towards
the end of July, but with temperatures reaching 34 in Saranac Lake the
other week, delicate plants will be feeling the night air. Go
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Source: Gone Gardening
Getting
the garden ready for winter
The stardard list of things to be done before the snow flies. Of course,
some people have a different philosophy about what needs to be done. See
Mort's Ugly Garden for the contrary view.
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Source: University of Illinois Extension
Snow
Roof Loads
This webpage has almost nothing to do with the garden, but it is a very
important aspect of getting ready for winter. After last year's 3 ft snow
dumps (not to mention the ice-storm of 98), you might want to look at
this article to be sure that your garage, garden shed and homestead don't
sustain roof damage. Go
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Source: University of Minnesota Extension
Mort
on Frost
Mort tells it like he sees it. Plain spoken and outspoken, Mort gives
his view on Frost from his garden in Wells, Me. An alternative to wrapping
tomatoes in newspaper is a brown paper bag -- although since they touch,
there is a greater chance of spoilage. Be sure to check out the pictures
of his garden. Go
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Source: Mort Mather from Maine
Mort's
Ugly garden
This writer admits that his garden looks 'trashy' in the winter: the scraggily
corn stalks, the unharvested cabbages. But in the trash, this Maine gardener
sees treasure. He sees it as a mulch layer that he didn't have to spend
time laying down. As he admits, it's a different opinion to that expressed
by most gardening writers, but it's one that seems to work for him. Go
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Source: Mort Mather
Good
Bones vital for Winter Garden enjoyment
The incredible snow dumps of the winter of 2001started out as a uniform
blanket of white, but air currents quickly sculpted the snow into whimsical
shapes. The brilliant colors of the red dogwood eventually were revealed
along with the branches of trees creating an interesting architectural
effect. Winter does not mean that your garden view is ruined; a little
planning for "good bones" will make for 4 season enjoyment.
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Source: PageWise
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