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Let’s Get Gardening in November, part 2

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this column. Part one of this column ran yesterday.) Trees Also water your trees and shrubs until the ground freezes. The last two … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in November, Part 1

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this column. Part 2 will run tomorrow.) Based on recent weather, it may not seem like winter is coming, but it’s bound to … Read more

Part 2: Let’s Get Gardening in September

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill for the information in this column. Part 1 published yesterday.) Flowers, Trees and Shrubs: If your annual flowers are starting to fade, pull them and replace them … Read more

Part 1: Let’s Get Gardening in September

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of the Garden Mill, for the information in this column.) El Nino could bring us a nicer winter than the last two, at least according to the national forecasters. However, the … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in August – Part 2

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this column. This is the second part of a two-part column.) Watering and fertilizing I know it seems impossible that we should need … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in August – Part 1

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield for the information and photos in this column. Part 2 will publish tomorrow.) Wow – we seem to have gone from feast to famine where rain is concerned, haven’t we? Weather June … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in July, part 2

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of the Garden Mill for the information in this column. This is the second part of a 2-part column. Part 1 of this column ran yesterday.) In the flower garden: In … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in July, part 1

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this column.) Rain, rain, go away. How many of us have been singing that song lately? I know I have been. Yes, June … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in June, Part 2

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of the Garden Mill for the information in this column. This is the second part of a two-part column. Part 1 published yesterday.) In the flower garden: Plant summer-blooming bulbs if … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in June, Part 1

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this two part column. The second part will publish tomorrow.) June. It’s June. Do you know what that means? It means we have … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in May, Part II

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this column. Part I, which looked at vegetables, ran Friday. ) Flower garden: Pansies, primrose, ranunculus, snapdragons and stock can all be planted … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in May, Part I

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this column. This is part one of two parts. The second part will run tomorrow.) May is all about getting out and getting … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in April, Part Two

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this column. Part One ran yesterday.) Vegetable plants If you are starting your own vegetable plants from seed this year, start seeds for … Read more

Let’s Get Gardening in April, Part One

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Jennifer Fairfield, owner of The Garden Mill, for the information in this column. ) Spring truly is in the air in April. The days are getting longer, trees are starting to bud, crocus and … Read more