Thunder Ridge is a privately owned and maintained
garden in south central Wisconsin (formerly zone
4b, now zone 5, thanks to global warming!). Our
land includes several perennial/annual flower beds,
including over 40 named iris varieties, an 80x30
vegetable bed, an orchard, an oak/conifer forest,
and 25 acres maintained in the federal government's
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). I have a Master
Gardener Certification from the University of Massachusetts.
We do our best to be primarily organic. Anything
that is for consumption, including vegetables, fruit
and edible flowers is always grown organically.
This site provides articles and growing information
for the area, including organic controls that prove
successful. We also have irises available for sale
and trade during the summer. Thunder Ridge Gardens
is proud to offer the very best vegetables, herbs,
flowers and seeds from the finest gardening retailers.
We've brought together the best plants and products
from Wayside Gardens, Gardeners Supply, Park Seed,
Gardens Alive, Plow and Hearth and Dutch Gardens.
Daffodils are about half way done, and tulips are in
their full glory. My spinach is up and I put in a second
planting of snow peas. I put the first in when it was
still quite cold and at this point it doesn't look like
they're going to germinate. Also put in some lettuce
last week.
I have some pansies out but it's really too early here
to put out anything else. It's entirely possible we'll
get another snow here. Patience... I did go to my
favorite nursery today and bought a bunch of
annuals and some pepper and tomato plants. I'm
going to try the
Gardener's Supply Revolution Planterthis year
for my tomatoes.
Time to go seed shopping. Don't you just love how little tomato
seedlings smell like ripe tomatoes?
Here are some All-America Selections from Henry Fields to get you in the mood!
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YourBackyardGarden.com
is a comprehensive gardening site, with resources, articles,
ideas and a wide variety of gardening products including
plants, bulbs, flowers and much more! They provide easy
access to all the information you need to plan or transform
a garden or simply to keep it flourishing and at its
best from season to season.
The Gardens at Thunder Ridge web site was
originally published January 8, 1996
