In the Garden
Your local gardening newsletter, including interviews, product reviews, month-by-month tips, coupons, and more! Published monthly and sent directly to your inbox. Check it out for the insider's advance notice on upcoming sales and events.
See Our 2010 Issues of In the Garden
August 2010 Newsletter
As the dog days of summer make us all long for cooler temperatures, our gardens start to get tired too. In this issue you'll learn some tricks for keeping plants and containers looking their best, find out how to grow potatoes almost anywhere, read about August garden tasks, and get tips for controlling wooly adelgid on hemlocks.
July 2010 Newsletter
As the heat arrives, gardening winds down a bit. In this issue, we learn about the recent outbreak of cotton wooly scale, visit the issue of clover in the lawn, look at what makes daylilies such wonderful plants, and learn how to avoide the Top 10 Gardening Mistakes. We also cover July gardening tips, as well as a list of seeds that can be planted in July.
May 2010 Newsletter
May is a busy month in the Connecticut garden. Read about the 2nd Annual Fairfield County Plant Swap, gardening tasks in the May garden, how to make great compost in less time, when to plant your kitchen garden, and how to stop red lily beetles from decimating your lilies.
April 2010 Newsletter
Welcome to the first issue of our second year! We talk about what seeds to sow when, dividing perennials, fun facts about daffodils, and how to prevent late blight from killing your tomatoes this year. We also cover the must-do's, should-do's, and nice-to-do's in the April garden.
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December 2009 Newsletter
This month we focus on the holidays, with articles on decorating with live trees, feeding wild birds,
holiday gifts for gardeners, using antidessicants to protect evergreens, and growing poinsettias.
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September 2009 Newsletter
With fall finally upon us, this issue focuses on all things related to autumn. We learn about planting spring-blooming bulbs, overwintering tender bulbs, turning fallen leaves into compost, fall planting, creating new garden beds, and October garden maintenance.
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August 2009 Newsletter
As summer draws to a close, we turn our attention to prolonging the summer blooms while preparing for fall. In this issue we dissect the Asiastic garden beetle, learn which plants to deadhead for continuous bloom, look at which plants to divide in fall, take a walk through the options for planting spring blooming bulbs, and give you an exclusive first look at the Fairfield County Fall Plant Swap.
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July 2009 Newsletter
Now that the warmer weather has finally arrived, we look at dealing with aphids and the use of beneficial insects, present a primer on drip irrigation, examine the benefits of buying plants during summer sales, re-introduce an old favorite, and talk about hitting the "reset button" on your garden.
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June 2009 Newsletter
With summer coming, we focus on smart watering practices and a review of the Original Ultimate Hose Nozzle, along with coping with ants on peonies, all about weeping trees, how to build a simple and creative butterfly feeder, and a summary of the first Fairfield County Plant Swap.
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May 2009 Newsletter
This issue includes tips on growing tomatoes, a review of the Lifetime Wheelbarrow, an interview with Mike Ruggiero (former senior curator of the New York Botanical Garden), using natives in the home garden, information on the Fairfield County Plant Swap, June gardening tips, and upcoming local events.
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April 2009 Newsletter
Includes: review of Womanswork gardening gloves, Interview with Mary Jo Bridge Palmer, May gardening tips, growing seeds, reducing the size of your lawn, and upcoming local sales and events.
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March 2009 Newsletter
Our first issue! Read all about the best garden books of 2008, the in's and out's of dandelions, plants to thwart groundhogs, a review of the NRG Pro Digging Spade, where to find free local compost, gardening tips, and upcoming local sales and events.
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