Monthly Archives: September 2010

Storing Squash for Winter

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Acorn, hubbard, buttercup, spaghetti, delicata and golden nugget. Winter squash are truly beautiful and lots of fun to grow -- and good keepers for winter meals. Pumpkins and winter squash The Orchard Rack is good for storing "keeper" crops, such as winter squash, onions and potatoes. The drawers are slatted to ensure good air circulation, and they slide out for easy access. Related Information How to Grow and Store Potatoes, Onions, Garlic and Read more [...]

Best Ways to Cook Potatoes

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If you had to limit your diet to a single food, potatoes wouldn’t be a bad choice. Baked, boiled, chipped, fried, mashed, roasted or scalloped — the lowly potato can taste completely and deliciously different depending on how it’s prepared. A selection of potoatoes harvested from Potato Grow Bags. Good Varieties for Baking Butte Caribé Carola Elba Red Cloud Rose Gold Swedish Peanut Yukon Gold If you had to limit your diet to a single food, potatoes wouldn’t be Read more [...]

Best Zinnias for Cutting

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Some types of zinnias can be worked into a perennial border, but the full-size version belongs in a cutting garden, where the plants can focus on what they do best: cranking out big, bold, beautiful flowers. Some of Benary's Giants, showcased in a bouquet from our cutting garden. To learn more, see the cutting garden plans. Benary's Giant Wine Benary's Giant Orange Benary's Giant Lime Some types of zinnias can be worked into a perennial border and others look great in containers. Read more [...]

Will Raap Wins e-Town Award

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Gardener's Supply founder Will Raap received an E-Chievement Award for his 25-year campaign to turn several hundred acres of forgotten land in Burlington's Intervale into urban farms that now provide more than 10 percent of the fresh food for Vermont's largest city. Will Raap in Burlington's Intervale. This summer, the nationally-syndicated radio variety program eTown, came to Vermont for a live taping at Burlington’s Flynn Theatre. One of the most successful and longest-running Read more [...]

Invasive Plants

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As the world becomes smaller, more and more plants get transported across oceans to thrive in new environments. Some of these plants thrive too well. With no natural pests or predators, they become invasive. Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) is one of the species on the watch list in the northeast.Photo: Charlie Grunden, University of Connecticut As the world becomes smaller, more and more plants get transported across oceans to thrive in new environments. Some of these plants Read more [...]