Garden
PLANTING MUMS AND OTHER SEPTEMBER GARDENING TIPS
September, the kids are back in school and just as you wouldn’t send your kids off to school unprepared, neither should you ignore the needs of your garden as it…
Read MoreVegetables: Fall Gardens
This is the time of year we normally think of planting a fall garden. Crops that can be planted now include lettuce, radishes, spinach, and similar crops. There still is time…
Read MoreBring Spring Inside
Late winter is a great time to bring some color into your home with branches from your spring-flowering trees and shrubs. Forcing branches into bloom is easy and this is…
Read MoreFlowers for September
After the excitement of spring and summer flowers, many gardeners look over their dull September flowerbeds in dismay. There are many fall-blooming plants, however, that add pizazz to the fall…
Read MoreLettuce Grow Fall Salad Greens
Summer’s end is no reason to stop enjoying garden fresh salads. Many kinds of greens grow well in the cooler days of fall and are less likely to bolt, or…
Read MoreFertilize Strawberries
An August application of nitrogen on spring-bearing strawberries is important in order to increase the number of strawberries produced next spring. Plenty of daylight and warm temperatures during June, July…
Read MoreHow to Pick a Ripe Melon
Telling when a melon is ready to be harvested can be a challenge, or it may be quite easy. It all depends on the type of melon. Let’s start with…
Read MoreSquash Vine Borer
If you have squash or related plants that suddenly wilt and die, you may have squash vine borer. This insect will bore into the stems of squash, zucchini, pumpkins and…
Read MoreVegetables Produce Flowers But No Fruit
If you have vegetables that are blooming but not setting fruit, you may have a problem with flower pollination. There are several possible reasons for this that usually…
Read MoreTomato Leaf-Spot Diseases
This time of year, two common leaf-spot diseases appear on tomato plants. Septoria leaf spot and early blight are both characterized by brown spots on the leaves. Septoria leaf spot…
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