Tune in every Saturday morning for Homegrown NH – a new weekly segment, offering quick practical gardening tips —from native plants and pollinators to sustainable yard care. Whether you're an experienced green thumb or just trying to keep a succulent alive, Homegrown NH has something for you.
Homegrown NH features Emma Erler, the lead horticulturalist at Kirkwood Gardens at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center with NHPR's Jessica Hunt.
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There’s a touch of fall in the air, and it will soon be time to tidy up spent annuals and summer vegetable plants. -
Sometimes you can save a branch, but it’s usually not worth the effort! -
Deer value your garden as much as you do; how do you keep them out? -
The weeds in your garden or yard can tell you a lot about your growing conditions, before you even pick up a shovel. -
Suggestions for ensuring your plants are getting as much water as they need. -
If you want luscious growth and the most flowers, you need to add some fertilizer. -
It’s tempting to remove spent flowers to make your garden look better, but there are reasons to leave the dying flower where it is. -
Squash bugs are a tenacious pest if you're a vegetable gardener. -
Some easier-to-grow, pollinator-friendly alternatives to the high-maintenance blue mophead hydrangeas that everyone loves! -
It wouldn't be summer without fat, juicy, homegrown tomatoes!
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