Archives

5 Late Summer Family Garden Chores

It might be September, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to neglect your family garden! This month in “The Garden Plot,” Jim share five suggested garden chores you can do with your family before the first freeze and the first snow fall…

Category: Jim McSweeney Tags: apple trees, garden chores, gardening, Gardening Tips, Hilltown Tree and Garden, vegetable gardening, Western Massachuestts

Home Garden Challenges Offer Teachable Moments

Are you growing blueberries, tomatoes and/or potatoes in your home garden this summer? Hilltown Families Contributing Writer, Jim McSweeney talks about the bug & blight challenges of these home crops in “The Garden Plot: Growing & Caring Tips for the Family Garden & Landscape.” He shares not only organic ways to deal with these threats, but also ways families can find the teachable moments…