SPECIES TULIP – SYLVERSTRIS IN BUD For those of you who have deer, squirrels, bunnies, chipmunks and other critters that like to decimate the spring garden before it even sprouts, there are actually many bulbs that are critter resistant, in fact, there are tulips that are critter resistant. These tulips are known as Species Tulips. These are the original…
Five Stunning Alliums
Rarely Seen – Allium Karativiense For those of you who know me personally, you know that I have several gardening books that I treasure. The authors are researchers whose horticultural knowledge and experience can be trusted, and their books are a glorious visual celebration of the topics detailed within. When the topic of bulbs arises, my all-time favorite book is…
Shallots, For Best Results Plant These Little Buggers in the Fall
Basket of Shallots Many of our winter hardy vegetables – onion and elephant garlic sets, parsnips, salsify, etc. –  can be planted in both the spring or the fall, but to be really successful with shallots, you should try to plant them in the fall. Shallots are sold as sets, but unlike onion sets where each ‘set’ is a…
Critter Resistant Spring Bulbs – Species Tulips, Part I
Species Tulips Before we start into this newsletter, I must issue the following disclaimer: I am about to describe for you 4 species tulips that I will tell you deer don’t eat, BUT all of you need to know that when deer are stressed enough, they will eat anything and everything. This includes thorny holly leaves, cactus and the lovely…
Plant America with a Garden of Heirlooms
A Garden of Heirlooms for Your Organization’s Volunteer Projects For more than a decade now, members of the Harvesting History management team have traveled this country visiting libraries, museums, arboretums, parks, ‘pop-up’ urban gardens and participating in hundreds of flower shows, harvest festivals, plant sales, state fairs, county fairs and community festivals. We have marveled at the thousands of magnificent…
The Most Famous of the Heirloom Garlics – The Striped Garlics
THE MARBLED PURPLE STRIPE GARLIC – PSKEM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about garlic. For those of…
The Storage Stars – The Silverskins, Garlics that store the longest!
Harvesting History welcomes its newest newsletter recipients – the folks whom we met at the New Jersey State Fair and Sussex County Horse Show and the folks we met at The Dutchess County Fair. We hope you will enjoy our newsletters. They are created from many years of gardening experience and with an abundance of love from the team…
Truly Exotic Garlics – The Asiatics
​ THE ASIATIC GARLIC – KOREAN MOUNTAIN Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about garlic. For those of you…
The Rocambole Garlic – Ontario Purple Trillium
The Rocambole Garlic – Ontario Purple Trillium ONTARIO PURPLE TRILLIUM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about…
Why is Garlic so Healthy for us?
Red Rezan Buy Now for fall planting! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about garlic. For those…