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Henry Homeyer: Time to prune trees, shrubs "> "> "> "> Published: 7/9/2021 9:44:16 PM Modified: 7/9/2021 9:44:26 PM By HENRY HOMEYER For the Monitor By now your rhododendrons, lilacs and other spring bloomers have bloomed, and are ready to prune. By pruning now, you will not damage buds that will form later this summer and bloom next spring. This is also a good time to prune evergreens like pines and hemlocks if you are trying to control their size. Let’s start with rhododendrons and azaleas, as many gardeners seem to put off pruning them until they are blocking the view out the windows. If...

As the song goes, It’s “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy!” Well, not really. Yes, I’ve planted my 53 tomato plants, 200 onions and more, but there is still plenty to do. Let’s look at a few chores you might want to do this weekend.Your tomatoes need...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A little over a year ago, David Briggs started a process that would, if successful, result in a renovated and fully resourced Briggs Opera House that would serve as an incubator for arts organizations and performers.His idea was...

Town Meeting in Cornish ended with a jolt of literary excitement on Tuesday as library trustees announced that Colleen O’Neill, widow of author J.D. Salinger, is offering to donate the former Cornish General Store to the town to be converted into a...

When you face a flower bed and can’t immediately tell what’s a weed and what’s a flower, you have a situation my wife, Cindy Heath, calls Code Red. It happens to the best of us at times, myself included. So what does a gardener do?My wife, Cindy...