Farmers need quick solutions to a changing economic environment, and VCE is helping by facilitating connections, providing digital tools, and offering online education... Continue August 12, 2020 Source: … [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...]
NATIVE PLANTS: AN ELEGANT SOLUTION
Along the eastern edge of Lake Sydnor, on the narrow strip of land between the shoreline and the Children’s Garden, a group of plants is hard at work. The beauty of the bed belies its greater purpose. The plants there are members of a “designed plant … [Read more...]
Caterpillar Identification Guide: 40 Species With Photos and Descriptions
If you have found a caterpillar and you're wondering if it will damage your garden, or what it will turn into, then this easy, photo-rich caterpillar identification guide will help. Read more: … [Read more...]
All-America Selections
All-America Selections is the oldest, independent testing organization of flower and edible varieties in North America. Through a rigorous process of field testings Continued: … [Read more...]
From The Bedford Extension MG Help Desk – August 2020
QUESTION The client called in because his potatoes have spots that look like bugs have eaten chunks. The black inside the potato when cut goes deep, but the potatoes are not green. Potatoes had been grown in that area in the previous … [Read more...]
Did You Receive Any Mystery Seed Packages?
Public Asked To Report Receipt of any Unsolicited Packages of Seeds. July 27, 2020- The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has been notified that several Virginia residents have received unsolicited packages … [Read more...]
5 Essential Tools for Gardening Comfort
Bedford Area Master Gardener Phyllis Turner is featured in this AARP article! Phyllis has a wealth of knowledge on this topic and has offered presentations and written fact sheets to help educate people on strategies they can employ to lessen the … [Read more...]
THE FLIGHT OF THE FIREFLIES
With summer comes memories of dark, summer evenings running around the yard catching fireflies. While you may know them as lightening bugs, there was nothing more delightful than capturing these mercurial little insects and watching them light up … [Read more...]
Planning the Fall Vegetable Garden
WOW, what a gardening season! April was dry. May was wet and cool, with near record amounts of rainfall. June arrived with 90º+ temperatures. With summer just getting underway and the dog days of summer just around the corner, it hardly seems logical … [Read more...]