One of my very favorite books when I was a child was Colors are Nice, which was part of the little Golden Books collection.

When the colorful lights of the holidays are in the rearview mirror, and spring seems so far away, even the most diehard of snow enthusiasts will find that their eyes need the balm of living color inside the house, as a respite from the exterior world which is covered in white.  Houseplants are a wonderful way to appease this need, and I’ve been able to expand my interior garden scape in the past couple of years.

It all starts with just 3 tablespoons. A tiny amount of a non-descript, beige, bubbling, gooey,

semi-solid substance is all it takes to make two loaves of bread. Every time I make bread, I

love watching those 3 tablespoons of starter bloom and grow into a week’s worth of food.

The simple joys of gardening have defined my life since I was a child, although I wasn’t always on board with the gardening tasks that were delegated to me and expected of me as a contributing member of my family. When I was in college and navigating a very different career path, gardening found me again during a tumultuous time in my personal life in the form of a summer job that I took in Nantucket.

The simple joys of gardening have defined my life since I was a child, although I wasn’t always on board with the gardening tasks that were delegated to me and expected of me as a contributing member of my family. When I was in college and navigating a very different career path, gardening found me again during a tumultuous time in my personal life in the form of a summer job that I took in Nantucket.

Winter makes no promises in the Adirondack mountains. One day snowy and glistening, the next day a melting torrent of river ice, it comes and goes as it pleases.

Ten years ago, on Mother’s Day weekend 2011, we opened the doors of East Branch Organics to the public for the first time.

Spring always brings with it a burst of energy and hope for gardeners. 

As we enter March 2021, we are reminded that it’s been a year since the pandemic really started to shift our society and change the way we do business at East Branch Organics. Out of concern for our wellbeing, many of our customers and visitors have asked how we’ve been doing.

In the fall of 2020, we planted perennials alongside our newly installed garden center driveway.

We have learned so much this year. And one thing that I keep coming back to is how important it is to keep a connection with nature. It has always been so important to me to be close to nature–I have been a professional gardener for more than 20 years and a novice gardener for many years before that. I have always known how important it was for me to get my hands dirty, to watch a seed grow, to plant a space, to shape a shrub. I have always needed this, as a part of my daily diet