Summer Garden visit: Rockport, MA 06/28/13

Coastal Garden Tour presented by the Rockport Garden Club

Summer Garden Visit: Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House 06/27/13

On a foggy day Lydia and I visited this property owned by Historic New England in Gloucester, MA. The decorated rooms inside are spectacular.

The landscape has bee recently restored and the Pennsylvania sedge is a beautiful plant for the lawn.

Garden visit: Capen Garden 06/23/13

Val and I visited Smith College to view the roses on a really hot day after breakfast at Amanouz Cafe in Northampton, MA.

President's house

The Botanic Garden of Smith College

Capen Garden rose arbor

Knot garden

Arbor

Capen Garden entrance

Dawn redwood planted in 1972.

Garden visit: George Holmes Garden 05/31/13

Master Gardener Field Trip to Northport, Maine on May 31, 2013.
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Magnolia Collection of over 65 magnolias

Over 100 lilacs

Black Beauty magnolia.

Apple tree collection

what happened in 2013

Old perennial beds were cleaned out and moved and some new gardens were made.

Delicata squash that were planted too late to mature, Chocolate peppers that were delicious and plenty of paste tomatoes (Hogheart, Opalka and Gilbertie) even though we got late blight. Sauce was made by cooking, food processing and then cooking some more to reduce the liquid and freezing. We did not loose the freezer stuff because our power was out only 40 hours in the Christmas ice storm.

Raised beds built in 2013 for season extension.

Alpine trough garden planted in 2013

Onion Harvest of Copra and Red Marble for 2013, As the winter progresses,  sour skin is developing so crop rotation will be crucial next year.

New Kitchen Garden established in 2013. Hoping to have a beautiful Edible Landscape in 2014.  Round Light of Tuscany, a zucchini,  is my new favorite summer squash.