Comments on: Who here is from Massachusetts and has a green thumb? http://01243.com/blog/who-here-is-from-massachusetts-and-has-a-green-thumb/ 01243.com Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:34:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bugsie http://01243.com/blog/who-here-is-from-massachusetts-and-has-a-green-thumb/comment-page-1/#comment-270 bugsie Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:25:10 +0000 http://01243.com/blog/who-here-is-from-massachusetts-and-has-a-green-thumb/#comment-270 My thumb is dirt (potting soil brown! I live in Eastern Ma. . I went to UMass Amherst and I can assure you they have some of the best horticulture information available. Several times a year they offer classes through the local Extension services for the public. I recommend those classes highly. In Massachusetts, we range from planting zone 4 to 6. You would be surprised how walled gardens in Cambridge and Boston for example stay warm through the winter. While, my north facing front yard is a zone 4(darn cold!) There is a book that you will LOVE National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers. EASTERN REGION Or go to Mahoneys Garden Centers Winchester,Concord,Wayland,Tewksbury,Chelmsford, Brighton,Falmouth,Osteville, or Jardin Mahoney's on Martha's Vineyard They have a knowledgeable staff. My thumb is dirt (potting soil brown!
I live in Eastern Ma.
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I went to UMass Amherst and I can assure you they have some of the best horticulture information available.
Several times a year they offer classes through the local Extension services for the public. I recommend those classes highly.
In Massachusetts, we range from planting zone 4 to 6.
You would be surprised how walled gardens in Cambridge and Boston for example stay warm through the winter.
While, my north facing front yard is a zone 4(darn cold!)
There is a book that you will LOVE
National Audubon Society
Field Guide to
North American Wildflowers.

EASTERN REGION

Or go to Mahoneys Garden Centers
Winchester,Concord,Wayland,Tewksbury,Chelmsford, Brighton,Falmouth,Osteville, or Jardin Mahoney’s on Martha’s Vineyard
They have a knowledgeable staff.

]]> By: t j http://01243.com/blog/who-here-is-from-massachusetts-and-has-a-green-thumb/comment-page-1/#comment-269 t j Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:39:47 +0000 http://01243.com/blog/who-here-is-from-massachusetts-and-has-a-green-thumb/#comment-269 Im from Maine,but the seed packets have the zones marked on them where they will grow,just read the back before buying them. t Im from Maine,but the seed packets have the zones marked on them where they will grow,just read the back before buying them.
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