UMass Extension works with the citizens of Massachusetts to help you make sound choices about growing, planting, and maintaining plants in our landscapes, including vegetables, backyard fruits, and ornamental plants. Our 2025 calendar continues UMass Extension’s tradition of providing gardeners with useful and practical information. Many people also love the daily tips and find the daily sunrise/sunset times highly useful!
As always, each month features:
- An inspiring garden image.
- Daily gardening tips for Northeast growing conditions.
- Daily sunrise and sunset times.
- Phases of the moon.
- Plenty of room for notes.
- Low gloss paper for easy writing.
Images in the calendar, details, and ordering info.
The featured article is Backyard Apple Basics. Apples are among the most common tree fruits and are well-adapted to our local climate. For success in the home orchard, cover the basics! Plant at least two different compatible varieties near each other for cross pollination, fertilize annually to support new shoot growth and prune to promote proper tree structure, and choose resistant varieties to reduce disease problems; consider traps for insect pests.
Our 2025 calendar offers guidelines for proper pollination, effective pruning, how and when to fertilize, and pest management. We also include suggestions for apple varieties suited for the home orchard as well as an update on how planting sunflowers nearby can serve as a trap crop for pests and support for beneficial insects.
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