Category Archives: Garden Tips

Slugs have been a big problem this year. Click on the link for some helpful, organic solutions to the slug issue. http://eartheasy.com/grow_nat_slug_cntrl.htm

Have you seen the Hoop Houses on some of the beds? Do you know why they are there? Because in our short growing season, every day counts. By planting spring crops in early April and covering them with clear plastic over a “hoop house” frame, some of our gardeners got a head start this year.Continue reading “Why Hoop?”

Square Foot Gardening uses less resources, requires very little work and yields a crop equal to a single row garden five times its size. Our friend Jean Olson, a Master Gardener with the UNH Cooperative Extension, led a free workshop on Square Foot Gardening and companion planting methods this sunny morning. This was our firstContinue reading “Working Smarter, Not Harder — That’s Square Foot Gardening!”