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      • Perennial Border Pizzaz
      • Seasonal Displays
      • Container Magic
      • Rain Gardens
      • Creating a Sense of Place
    • Fine Garden Maintenance Services
      • Pruning
      • Invasives Removal
      • Dividing and Transplanting
      • Weeding
      • Deadheading and Staking
      • Edging and Mulching
      • Leaf Shredding
      • Brush Chipping
      • Compost Bin Building & Tending
      • Preserving Mature Landscape Plantings
    • Landscape Installation Services
      • Landscape Planting
      • Hardscape Installation
      • Purchasing and Delivery
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      • Soil Sampling and Amending
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      • Organic Disease- and Insect-Control Strategies
      • Special Seasonal Services
      • Special Care of Roses
      • Tick & Mosquito Control
      • Air Spade Service
    • Consultation Services
      • Property Evaluation
      • Site-Specific Plans
      • Garden Coaching
      • Recommendations for Complementary Services
      • Curb-Appeal Audits
      • Your Complimentary 15-minute Phone Consultation
  • Portfolio
    • Landscaping a New Home
    • Improving a Retaining Wall
    • Creating Green Screens
    • Building a Fire Pit
  • About Us
    • Service Areas
    • We’re Hiring
    • Priscilla Hutt Williams, President and Founder
    • Reese Crotteau, Plant Health Care Manager
    • Kimberly Kuliesis, Operations Manager
    • Deanna Jayne, Designer
    • Community Service
    • Resources
    • Staff Resources
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Monthly Archives: December 2019

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2019 Wrap Up

Pumpkin Brook Organic Gardening UpdatesBy Bernadette GiblinDecember 23, 2019

Thank you for a great year! In your honor, we are making donations to the following nonprofit organizations:   Northeast Organic Farming Association – Massachusetts Chapter Native Plant Trust Toxics Action We wish you and your family all the best for the Holidays and New Year – All of us at Pumpkin Brook Organic Gardening…

Plant Pick: Picea omorika, Serbian Spruce

Plants, Pumpkin Brook Organic Gardening UpdatesBy Bernadette GiblinDecember 6, 2019

  Picea omorika branch Evergreens star at this time of year, and nothing beats a tough, hardy Serbian spruce. Deer do not seem to browse them! You can choose from Picea omorika ‘Pendula’ with graceful swooping branches or the straight species. Both have a narrow framework, adaptable to a range of growing conditions, and max out at 30′…

Pruning, Deer Browsing, and Anti-Desiccant Spray

Pumpkin Brook Organic Gardening UpdatesBy Bernadette GiblinDecember 3, 2019

Dormant pruning can occur from November through April, so we will be completing some of these tasks on plants that have lost their leaves (deciduous) when weather conditions permit. This is the prime time to prune apple orchards or any fruit tree, dogwoods, Japanese maples, and viburnums with densely structured branches. Below 20 degrees, we do…

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