I’m Charlie Nardozzi and this is the Vermont Garden Journal. I’ve always try to get creative on Mother’s Day with unique gifts for mom, but this year I’m going traditional. I’m giving her geraniums. Pelargoniums have been know as old fashioned flowers, but they’re really making a comeback. With new leaf and flower colors, geraniums will surprise you.
Paw paw is a temperate climate relative of tropical fruits such as cherimoya. It’s native to the Eastern United States, hardy to zone 5, and grows wild as an understory tree in the forest.
These beetles don’t harmonize, they decimate. Flea, cucumber, potato, and asparagus are all beetles that love your veggies. Charlie Nardozzi offers some organic controls this week on The Vermont Garden Journal.
Things are getting hot on the Vermont Garden Journal this week.
Red hot chili peppers are in the spotlight and they range in strength from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-national-defense.