Happy New Year, everyone!!! Although 2022 has just begun, make no mistake - the growing season is right around the corner! Are you ready to get growing? The Virginia Cooperative Extension office has created a resource just for you! Give … [Read more...]
Make good use of your garden’s leftovers
By Audrey Gillespie When we finish eating a big holiday meal, we are left with a decision about what to do with all those leftovers. How many ways can you dress up a piece of turkey before it is gone? In the same way, we have some garden … [Read more...]
Twas the Night Before Christmas – Gardener’s Edition
“Twas the Night before Christmas and All Through the Yard,Not a plant was left standing, the ground it was hard.The tools were all hung in the garage with careA well-deserved rest now that the garden was bare. The bulbs were nestled all snug in … [Read more...]
A Longwood Christmas Outdoor Display (YouTube)
Here's a treat, right from your own computer. Turn up your sound and enter full screen once you get to the site. Sit back and enjoy! A Longwood Christmas Outdoor DisplayGet ready for a birds-eye view of our spectacular outdoor light display. … [Read more...]
8 Uses for your Tree After Christmas
The end of Christmas doesn’t have to be the end of life for your living Christmas tree. If you had a real Christmas tree this year you can extend its life and use beyond the home. Here are 8 ways to responsibly recycle your Christmas tree for other … [Read more...]
Gift ideas for gardeners on 2020 Christmas lists
“’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the yard, not a plant was left standing, and the ground was hard.” So begins Karen Geisler’s gardener adaptation of Clement Clarke Moore’s Christmas classic “The Night Before Christmas.” … [Read more...]
Pets and Poisonous Holiday Plants
The holidays are always a great time to brighten up our homes with ornamental plants. Some of these plants are fairly safe, but others can pose a danger to our pets. Unfortunately, they don't know which plants are good or bad for them, so make sure … [Read more...]
EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT “AUDREY”!
We have a guest at the Dept of Parks/Rec and Virginia Cooperative Extension building. What an honor to welcome Audrey, the philodendron, to our ranks. She is a beauty for sure and is the treasure of Byron Maddox, a fellow master gardener. We … [Read more...]
5 TIPS YOU NEED TO NAVIGATE SEED CATALOGS
n the quiet, post-holiday weeks of winter, nothing livens up a gardener with cabin fever like a fresh-off-the-presses, colorful and enticing seed catalog. Continued: … [Read more...]
