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Making plans for the 2021 gardening season
By now, columnist Tom Atwell can grow vegetables in his sleep. This year, he ll focus on ornamentals.
By Tom Atwell
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Sunlight and shadow on a hosta leaf in columnist Tom Atwell s Cape Elizabeth garden in 2020. As you can see, the hosta looks beautiful in summer and fall, but over snowless winters, the spot is brown and bare. Atwell may add a second red-leaved ‘Midnight Ruby’ rhododendron there to address the problem. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
This is going to be a busy gardening season. It already has been. My wife, Nancy, and I began working outside in mid-March.