Good day, gardeners! I hope this newsletter finds you healthy and well. Here’s some knowledge and inspiration I wanted to share with you.
If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been the past couple of weeks, here’s your answer. This past Thursday night, my students and colleagues celebrated our grand opening of our new terraced trial garden in the Plantery with our annual Fall Plant Fair. Read on to learn more about this project that has kept me busy over the past year.
A heads up if you are in the Philadelphia area. I’ll be presenting the keynote “Hort2Culture: Connecting Plants with People” at Ecological Landscape Alliance’s Regenerative Solutions for Resilient Landscapes at Longwood Gardens. Come say hi and learn about how we can help share the love of horticulture and ecology with others.
Scott Beuerlein wrote of propagating Asimina (pawpaws) on GardenRant. I really liked his seed sowing strategy he mentions.
I recently learned about Aaron Bertelsen’s monthly newsletter where he focuses on an eclectic take on edibles. I also like how he has a southern hemisphere perspective for those readers that are from down under.
This week at Ephemera Farm, we had a decent frost (29°F) that nipped most of the tender plants back, but the late season asters keep blooming. I covered the vegetables with floating row cover to provide some extra protection for them. If you’re looking to up your season extension game, I really like this 6 foot wide pipe bender for electrical conduit from Johnny’s seeds. It makes perfect hoops for covering crops.
As always, thanks for welcoming me into your inbox each week to share what I’m learning about plants.
Cheers, and keep growing!
Dr. Jared