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I'm so glad the deer were put off by all the smelly stuff we sprinkled and sprayed on the tulips because they're giving us the prettiest show right now. The Rose Garden looks like a big bag of jelly beans with two sets of tulips; early (Princess ...

Last fall I received an email offering a free bottle of Liquid Fence Deer and Rabbit Repellent in exchange for an honest review, and this spring we finally sprayed it on some of the tulips - favorite deer snacks - in the Cutting Garden. Since we ...

Over the last week - and the most glorious weekend - spring kicked it up a notch. Blithewold's daffodils and trout lily are in full bloom carpeting the Bosquet in shades of sunshine. Mayapple umbrellas are poking up. The Rose Garden cherry trees ...

According to the calendar -- and the redwing blackbirds -- the pendulum between winter and summer has finally swung into spring. Huzzah! (Never mind next week's forecast.) To celebrate, we did some extremely gratifying spring cleaning, starting with ...

I'm not even going to bother go in search for spring outside today because it looks and feels too much like winter again. Blustery. Bitter cold. Snowy, even (though nothing compared to other parts of the country, so I'll quit my complaining). The ...

We've made room in the propagating house for trays of seedlings. We've ordered new tools and can't wait to use them. We're ready. Raring to go. Fingers tapping. Meanwhile, there's nothing better than a bucket of sticks. Except maybe an organized ...

I haven't spotted any crocus, snowdrops or early daffs blooming yet, and I know the calendar says spring is still a whole month away, but in the greenhouse the growing season officially kicked off yesterday. We call spring as soon as the garden ...

Starting right up where I left off last week (and in hopes that pictures of sunny summer flowers might ease the bone-chill of a polar vortex), here are the next seven in my baker's dozen of favorites. Again, roughly in order of bloom time, starting ...

I don't want to crow in case any of you are feeling swamped - either by the end of the garden's season or in anticipation of the holidays - but as Gail would say, "we're in good shape!" Almost all of the gardens are cut back and tidied (we take our ...

The great thing about tulips is that no matter what, they make us happy when they bloom. Even if they're planted in a jellybean mix of reds, pinks, and yellows. -- Maybe especially then because it's spring and after the dreariness of winter, ...