Where do you find good gardening models, resources, and information on how to care for a garden over time? Old-time gardeners relied on the bloom sequence of common and native plants growing in their local regions to let them know it was safe to sow … [Read more...]
Powdery mildew in the flower garden
Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that affects many different plants in the flower garden. Continued: … [Read more...]
10 Adaptive Gardening Rules To Live By…
Adaptive gardening offers a myriad of ways for gardeners of all ages with a limited range of motion, the wheelchair bound, or anyone wanting to reduce stress on their joints, to identify what works for them in their garden according to their personal … [Read more...]
The Importance of Pollinators
Pollinators like native bees, moths and butterflies, birds, bats and other animals are hard at work providing vital but often unnoticed services. They pollinate crops like apples, bananas, blueberries, strawberries, melon, peaches, potatoes, vanilla, … [Read more...]
When To Dig Up Tulips: How To Cure Tulip Bulbs For Planting
Tulips are special – ask any gardener who grows the bright, beautiful blossoms. That’s why it’s no surprise that the care requirements for tulip bulbs are different than for other spring bulbs. There are over 150 different species of tulip, each with … [Read more...]
Stake your Tomatoes
Don't wait to stake and trellis your tomatoes until they are large! It is much easier start when they are a foot tall and you can sucker as you go along. CONTINUE SOURCE: PennState Extension … [Read more...]
Create New Garden Beds with Sheet Composting and Sheet Mulching
The amount of work usually associated with creating a new garden bed can be challenging. Removing grass and weeds, digging up the area, and incorporating fertilizer or other amendments into the soil can be labor intensive. Fortunately, there is a … [Read more...]
How to prevent seedling damping off
Seedlings infected by damping off rarely survive to produce a vigorous plant. Quite often a large section or an entire tray of seedlings is killed. CONTINUE SOURCE: University of Minnesota Extension … [Read more...]
Frost Damage On Plants: Early Blooming Flowers And Freezing Temperatures
Experienced gardeners know to wait until after the last spring frost before planting out in the garden. However, no amount of experience can predict random bad weather. What do you do when you’ve planned correctly but a cold snap threatens your … [Read more...]
Ready, Set, GROW: 8 Tips for Timing Seed Starting
When you’re itching to get your hands in the soil, but the garden is buried under snow, starting seeds indoors takes the gloom out of chilly winter days. But timing is everything, and you’ll want to create the best schedule for seed-starting … [Read more...]