Category: Gardening

5 Tips For Growing Fantastic Brussel Sprouts!

Dori-Ellen Feltman | May 2, 2023

Whether you started your plants from seed or have just purchased some at your local gardening center, here are some growing tips for Brussel Sprouts: Plant your Brussel Sprouts in the ground now, when it’s still cool and wet outside. Brussel Sprouts don’t like the heat of the summer, so the goal is plant them Read More

Transitioning Your Seedlings – Next Steps

Dori-Ellen Feltman | April 24, 2023

Once your vegetable and flower seeds have successfully grown indoors with your heating mats and grow lights, it’s time to set your seedlings up for success!  Here are next steps: Transplant your seedlings into larger containers. A general rule of thumb is that when your plant is 4x bigger than the width of its’ container, Read More

Get Those Seedlings Started! 5 Tips For Your Early Vegetable Garden.

Dori-Ellen Feltman | March 21, 2023

Now is the time to start some of your vegetables and flowers from seed and to start planning your garden.  Some tips: 1. Our garden zone in Fairfield County is 6b.  For our garden zone, except for cool weather vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts and peas, most other vegetables plants should not be planted Read More

Growing Corn at Home In Connecticut

Dori-Ellen Feltman | August 3, 2021

Growing corn at home is fun and will impress your friends when the plants are 10 feet high!  You will need a sunny area for planting – I recommend 4 feet wide and 10 feet long.  Follow these guidelines for the best success: Start your corn plants indoors. Buy a plastic seed starting kit at Read More

Gardening With Kids

Dori-Ellen Feltman | May 25, 2021

GARDENING WITH KIDS: As many of you know, when I get home after work my favorite thing to do in the Spring and Summer is to change into some old clothes, throw on a pair of gloves, grab a shovel and start working the dirt in my vegetable and flower gardens.  I thought I would Read More