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Jenny Angel

Jenny Angel

Jenny Angel writes about gardening and the outdoors for The Belmont Voice.

Garden Gems: What’s Old is Renewed

January 2, 2026
Knowing that success begins with their soil, many avid gardeners continually seek to improve it. Some of us go so far as to collect our vegetable scraps and lawn clippings (greens) in a backyard compost bin, mix with fall leaves and the…

Garden Gems: Inspiration for Curbside Cultivation

September 8, 2025
Whether you call it the verge, tree lawn, banquette, boulevard, or curb strip (or any of several dozen other names, depending on where you grew up), that piece of land between the sidewalk and street is a difficult row to hoe. Often,…

Garden Gems: Tomatoes Among Friends

June 10, 2025
It was May 30, and the race was on to get the tomato plants in the ground before it started raining again. Belmont High School Class of 1973 alum Ross Zagami was busy digging holes with a tulip-bulb auger for his friend…

Town’s Garden Tour Returns on June 1

May 6, 2025
After a six-year hiatus, the Belmont Garden Club’s Garden Tour returns this spring. Seven homeowners will open their garden gates on Sunday, June 1, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., offering guests the chance to view expertly tended flower and vegetable beds, cozy…

Garden Gems: Be Gone, Garlic Mustard

April 11, 2025
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) was introduced to North America from Europe in the mid-1800s for erosion control and as an edible herb. The leaves release a tell-tale garlicky aroma when crushed. Why is it a problem? Most of the dozens of insect…
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