Not ready to put your garden to bed just yet? Luckily, gardening doesn’t have to end when summer does. There are plenty of great ways to extend your harvest season so you can keep eating those garden-fresh veggies all through the fall! Read on: … [Read more...]
Floating Row Cover
An organic gardening tool that improves plant growth and excludes pests... Read more: … [Read more...]
Cover Crops – Protect and Improve Your Soil
Farmers around the world grow cover crops to increase crop yields. Cover crops, also known as green manures, are an excellent tool for vegetable gardeners, especially where manures and compost are unavailable. They lessen soil erosion during the … [Read more...]
Fall Pruning: Think twice
Fall has always been considered the season of harvest. Images of corn, pumpkins and the bounty of Thanksgiving all create moving symbols of autumn. Fall brings to close another growing season, as plants prepare for winter by shedding their leaves or … [Read more...]
Tomatoes Not Ripening?
By: Rosie Lerner If your garden tomatoes look like they’ve been placed on hold, you’re not alone! Now it may sound like an easy excuse when we horticulturists blame such things on the weather, but I really think the extreme hot weather we … [Read more...]
Floating Row Cover
An organic gardening tool that improves plant growth and excludes pests. Floating row cover (FRC) is a white, light-weight, non-woven fabric made from spun-bonded polyester or polypropylene. It has a “gauze-like” appearance and resembles interfacing … [Read more...]
Sunflowers
Sunflowers are popular. It seems one can find a sunflower on almost anything, from throw pillows to towels to floor mats and rugs. I've also noticed more and more gardeners growing sunflowers for their beauty, their tasty seeds, or for wild bird … [Read more...]
Sources and Solutions: Stormwater
In undeveloped areas precipitation typically soaks into the ground. However, when buildings, parking lots, roads and other hard surfaces are added to the landscape, the ground cannot absorb the water. Read more: … [Read more...]
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Encyclopedia Article Overview of dragonflies and damselflies Who isn’t familiar with dragonflies, one of the most charming insects of summer? The graceful flight of dragonflies along a lake, stream or pond is one of summer’ best shows and the … [Read more...]
Harvesting Vegetables
Most crops can be harvested several times if only the part that is ready is harvested. The quality of vegetables does not improve after harvest so it is important to gather crops at proper maturity. At this point vegetables are at their peak for … [Read more...]