Month: May 2018
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Edible Gardening, Ferncliff, Ferns, Fiddleheads, Foraging, Freezing, Freezing Produce
Fiddle Dee Dee: Ostrich Fern Harvest
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) in the Secret Garden Hoo Wee! It’s fiddlehead season again in Southern Vermont, and don’t you blink or you’ll miss it. Normally just two weeks long, fiddlehead season is particularly short with spring’s late arrival this year. So when I noticed bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), and troutlily (Erythronium americanum), beginning to bloom […]
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Bulbs, Cutting Garden, Fragrance
Heaven on Earth: Meet Narcissus ‘Abba’, Spicy Sweet Fragrance of Springtime
Hello, My Sweet. Narcissus ‘Abba’ It’s May again, and this year, her perfume is sweeter than ever. Springtime. Oh, she really made us wait. Somehow though, the yearning just makes everything seem richer. This morning, I flung open the studio doors and for the first time this year, I brought my coffee pot outside on the […]
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