Latest from Lynn A. Ford

When I first decided to start gardening, it was very late summer. I thought for sure I was too late to get into the game that year. I was astonished to learn that there is something called a cool season...

Planning For Blueberry Success July is National Blueberry Month. If you already have blueberry bushes, you are in the thick of harvest season. Yay! Three of my great childhood memories are all about the blueberry. My grandparents had a cottage...

Freeze Drying Your Bumper Crops I have been gardening for about 4 years now. I had a vision for a massive garden that could meet my produce needs for more than just the summer. I looked at all my options...

I was watching a gardening show and the designer said to the host that he was planning on using lots of “Edimentals.” The host of the show, who was not a gardener asked, “Did you just make up that word?”...

Dad’s gift doesn’t have to be just a thing. Perhaps Dad would simply prefer to spend time in the garden together.

When I was just a youngster, my parents purchased a cranberry bog. I live in Massachusetts.

Bees play a critical role in our agriculture. It is imperative that we all take steps to protect our precious pollinators.

Knotweed is an herbaceous, perennial plant. It grows in North America and Europe, but it is native to Korea, China, and Japan. 

A garden profile is a list of plants and varieties you grow in your garden on a regular basis.

Within a short time of moving to New Bedford, Massachusetts, I was struck by how much my neighbors could grow in a tiny yard of a triple decker.