The New England Gardener’s May To-Do List (Zone 6a)
Your complete month-by-month guide for my fellow 6a garden friends. If April is the month of hope around here, with seeds sprouting under grow lights, seed packets being organized all over…
Gardening Like It’s 1776: My 250-Year-Old Roots
From the herbs to the flowers to the vegetables, my New Hampshire garden has more in common with a 1776 kitchen garden than I ever realized! I was flipping through my…
10 Things I’d Tell a First-Time Gardener (That Nobody Actually Tells You)
Every Spring, a fresh batch of people decides this is the year they’re going to garden. Maybe it’s the seed catalogs that started showing up in January. Maybe it’s one too…
The New England Gardener’s April To-Do List (Zone 6a)
There’s something almost comical about gardening in New England. One week you’re watching snow fall on your raised beds, and the next you’re out there in a t-shirt, wondering where the…
How to Grow Zinnias: Best Varieties & Care Tips for More Blooms
Zinnias are the flower that got me hooked on cutting gardens, and years later, they’re still a non-negotiable in my garden every single summer. Here’s everything I’ve learned about growing them…
Cut Flower Garden Recap: Wins, Fails & Plans for 2026
Every January, I sit down with my seed catalogs and whatever notes I scrawled in the margins of my garden journal, and I do a little post-mortem on the season. What…