A cutting garden brings the joy of fresh flowers from your yard straight into your home. With thoughtful early planning in Zone 6b, gardeners in Portsmouth, Rye, Exeter, and North Hampton can enjoy continuous blooms throughout the summer. This guide shares simple tips for designing, planting, and maintaining a productive cutting garden on the Seacoast.

Spring bulbs pushing up in February are doing exactly what they're designed to do—but a hard freeze is still coming. Here's how to protect early shoots and set your garden up for a beautiful season.

Starting seeds indoors is a great way for Zone 6b gardeners to get a head start on the growing season. With the right timing, light, and care, seedlings can grow strong before moving outdoors in spring. This guide shares practical tips for gardeners in Portsmouth, Rye, Exeter, and nearby Seacoast towns to start healthy plants before the last frost.

Healthy gardens start with healthy soil. Before spring planting begins in Zone 6b, testing and improving your garden soil can make a big difference in plant growth and long term garden health. This guide explains simple ways homeowners in Portsmouth, Rye, Exeter, and nearby Seacoast towns can improve soil with compost, mulching, and early spring preparation.

Early March marks the quiet awakening of Seacoast gardens. Before spring fully arrives, it is the perfect time to inspect beds for winter damage, prune shrubs before bud break, refresh mulch, and prepare tools for the season ahead. This guide shares practical early spring tasks for homeowners in Portsmouth, Rye, Exeter, and nearby Zone 6b communities to help gardens start the growing season healthy and well prepared.

Starting cool season crops indoors is one of the best ways to get ahead of the Seacoast’s slow spring. Brassicas, onions, and leeks benefit from early indoor starts that build strong roots and healthy growth before transplanting into Zone 6b soils. This guide walks Seacoast gardeners through when and how to start these crops indoors, with practical timing tips tailored to Portsmouth, Rye, Exeter, North Hampton, and surrounding communities.