Farming Calculator

Why don’t the tulips show up when you think they should? What happened? You planted the bulbs in October, but now your neighbor’s plants has … Read more

The calculator (above) will give you an idea about how much longer your tulip tree will last. It uses your site conditions and trunk size … Read more

If daffodils fizzle by end of weekend, this is what you’re in for: Your hopes were high; you planted them to get that first blast … Read more

What’s going on in there? It’s hard to tell when looking into a glass jar of water. Cut back the vine, stick the node beneath … Read more

When you plant tulip bulbs in october, forget about them until april, and a certain sort of panic sets in: You go out to the … Read more

Dig your dahlias (and dahlias are one crop that realy must be dried off asap!). I always forget how long they should dry, so it’s … Read more

In late summer, when you buy your tulip bulbs, you remember: Oh yes, I have to do something with those things, though what it is, … Read more

Early summer’s silent dahlia bed seems falsely peaceful. All that waiting, the digging and setting of tubers, and now you’re wondering if that lump of … Read more

Buying tulips has its own particular variety of heartbreak. When you take them home, all those fancy buds is tightly closed and lovely; a few … Read more

In late fall, you dig up your dahlias (clump after clump), then clean away the dirt and stash them for the winter. It’s not gardening … Read more

In your hand you grip these lumpy potato things, hoping against hope they’re alive. Even a sleeping tuber look just like a dead one until … Read more