Newsletter or Blog: Which Will You Like Best?
Although our newsletter has 25,000 subscribers, friends kept asking us “Why don’t you do a blog?” So now there are two different ways to enjoy our lively mix of bulb tips, news, garden history, links, sales, and more.
Newsletter: The Friends of Old Bulbs Gazette
Our newsletter includes 3-5 entertaining and educational articles along with alerts about sales, new bulbs, and OHG news. Each article includes one photo and links to others.
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The Old House Gardens Blog
Our blog features one of the articles from our most recent newsletter. Multiple photos are displayed and there are links to alerts about sales, etc. Take a look at our blog here.
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Newsletter Archives By Topic
Newsletter Archives By Date
(For earlier articles, see our Archives By Topic, above.)
#264, Sep. 2023: fall shipping starting soon (tell us if you moved), dahlia tips, easy fall clean-up
#263, Aug. 2023: farm updates, new Hortus bulbs, Rita's recommendation, sad news from overseas
#262, Jul. 2023: order summer-shipped iris/daylilies until July 26th, daylily bouquets
#261, Jun. 2023: new iris and peonies, staff-favorite iris, bulb tips for June, OHG's new farmland
#260, May 2023: iris/daylilies for summer, May in Michigan, new daffs, growing cormlets, making peony bouquets last longer
#259, Apr. 2023: shipping starts soon, save 10-25% on select varieties, new daffs, celebrate spring, eye up dahlias
#258, Mar. 2023: shipping in April, favorite dahlias, new crocus, early spring garden tips
#257, Feb. 2023: order for spring now, 200,000 tulips in Amsterdam, daffodils for display
#256, Jan. 2023: Happy 2023!, new spring bulbs, 'Ehemanii' canna, Emily Dickinson - poet and botanist, check your stored tubers
#255, Dec. 2022: Thank you and happy holidays! New 2023 dahlias, our gift certificates, plant your bulbs
#254, Oct. 2022: end of season sale, forcing bulbs indoors, habitat for insects
#253, Oct. 2022: Old Bulb News: shipping started, top 5 fall questions, Alan Shipp's hyacinths, dahlias and glads
#252, Sep. 2022: fall shipping starting soon, Brand Peony Farms, new daylilies, fall clean-up
#251, Aug. 2022: new hyacinths, daffodils, and dwarf iris, dahlias in hot summers, Chelsea Garden Show
#250, Jun. 2022: iris/daylilies for July, pollinators week, bulb tips for June
#249, May 2022: Spring sale, check your soil temperature, American Peony Society, HIPS
#248, Apr. 2022: shipping starts next week, OHG in Mary Jane's Farm, fertilizing tip
#247, Mar. 2022: spring shipping starts in April, top bulbs for spring planting, fertilize early
#246, Feb. 2022: spring catalog mailed, new iris and dahlias, stored dahlias, Kennicotts of Illinois
#245, Dec. 2021: Old Bulb News: gift certificates, spring 2022 catalog, Chelsea Garden Show
#244, Sep. 2021: shipping begins, tulip surplus, Garden Gate advice
#243, Aug. 2021: OHG in the New York Times, spring bulbs for sale, additional Hortus bulbs offered
#242, Jun. 2021: Scott’s last newsletter, summer iris sale, lily beetle IPM, dahlia video, crocus lawn
#241, Mar. 2021: bulbs for pollinators, planting for “hotumn,” the real Mrs. Darwin, just one lily