Native Plant Champions
Want to add beauty and wildlife value to your yard? Consider these native plant champions suggested by editors of the National Wildlife Federation website. To identify North American species worthy of “gold medals,” they turned to gardeners across the country for their recommendations. The article contains a beautiful picture and description of each Gold Medal winner. Thanks to Rowayton Gardener Mary Verel for passing this along!
Seed Catalogs – Do You Have a Favorite?
This is the time of year that the big nurseries and seed houses fill our mailboxes with catalogs.We’d love to include links to to your favorite online sources for those who start planning their planting season early. Even if it’s too early to order, is there anything that chases the thought of winter cold, wind, ice and snow away more thoroughly than those pages (in print or online) of gorgeous annuals, perennials, shrubs and vegetables? Please send our webmaster an email with the links you love and we’ll add them to the Helpful Sites section of the website so everyone can use and enjoy them. Currently we list Johnny’s Selected Seeds, White Flower Farm, Select Seeds, and the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Do you know of others?
Deer Deterrent
If deer are munching on your shrubs, try this organic solution recommended by speaker Colleen Plimpton and vetted by Gardeners Michael & Petrea Poler: In a blender, mix 2 eggs, 1/4 cup wilt proof , 1/4 cup extra, extra hot sauce, one cup water. Mix thoroughly and add mix to one gallon of water. Spray everywhere and often on the things deer love to munch.
