Author: Gavin Ratliff

It was only weeks ago we were lugging seedlings in and out of the house, playing hide and seek with the frost— yet this morning I’m standing in the back corner of the garden wondering how the peonies could be three feet tall already and the tulips a distant memory.

A new series from local horticulturalist Gavin Boyce-Ratliff, join the Townsman for some much-needed serenity in preparation for the spring gardening season.