- Animal Pests That Like to Veg...in Your Garden
For most vegetable gardeners, feasting pests is a major concern. Animals of all sizes – from deer to mice – are attracted to tender veggies and capable of inflicting serious damage. Here are a few ideas to help put an end to the feast.
- Applying Organic Fertilizers to Your Vegetable Garden
Vegetable gardens need soil-filled nutrients for a strong, healthy, productive season. Give yours the nutrition it needs – while being kind to our environment – by applying organic fertilizer to your vegetable beds. Here are the quick and easy steps on how to do it.
- Disease Symptoms, Causes & Cures
Are the leaves of your vegetable plants turning yellow or developing spots? Keep your veggie garden healthy and thriving by identifying vegetable plant diseases before they get out of hand. Here’s a look at some disease symptoms, as well as possible cures or recommendations for treatment.
- Dormant Oils and Fruit Trees: Yay or Nay to Spray?
It's a tough question for those of us who try to garden organically: To spray or not to spray? But if you've got fruit trees and pest problems, low-toxicity dormant sprays may be just the thing to keep your trees healthy and your fruit basket full for years to come.
- Frost Protection: Saving Your Early Season Vegetables
Spring’s unpredictable weather means protecting vegetables from frost. Learn how to set up proper covers and mulch to keep your newly planted veggies growing green even when temps dip unexpectedly.
- The Harvest Report
Picking produce at its peak of flavor is a treat reserved for those who grow their own vegetables. Learn the different techniques for harvesting different crops.
- Integrated Pest Management for Vegetable Gardens
Your vegetable garden is meant for you – not the pests! Help keep beneficial insects in and pesky ones out. Integrated pest management is a great way to help protect your vegetable garden while working with nature – instead of with chemicals.
- Pest Symptoms, Causes & Cures
Don’t let a pest infestation turn your growing-veggies dream into a nightmare. Help keep your vegetable garden – and other plantings – healthy and free from serious pest attack. Here’s a quick look at some common symptoms you may notice on your plants, as well as possible causes and remedies.
- Pinch to Grow an Inch
Controlling the growth of your vegetables enhances both the size and quality of the fruit they produce and improves their appearance.
- When You Have Too Much of a Good Thing… (Prolong Fresh Produce)
Eating all your fresh produce before it goes bad can be a challenge – especially once your garden is in full swing. Help keep your harvest (as well as your fridge) fresh and fuzz-free by following these four easy tips.
- Six Easy Pruning Steps for Summer’s Best Blueberries
Blueberries get a lot of attention for their health benefits, and they’re not hard to grow – but you do need to keep your bushes properly pruned to get the biggest, sweetest berries. This easy pruning guide will set you on the path to a bountiful blueberry harvest!
- The Southwestern Harvest Report
Timely rains and favorable temperatures have helped make this year’s veggie and fruit harvest a tasty success for Southwest gardeners.
- Stone Fruits and Spider Mites
Protect your stone fruit trees from spider mite attack with the proper identification and management practices of this annoying pest.
- Summertime Harvest in the Southeast
Nothing beats the taste of a meal that you’ve grown yourself. For many of us, it’s been nearly two months since we planted our summertime veggies – and now it’s time to haul in the harvest!
- Vegetable Irrigation (Water Your Needs?)
The key to successful vegetable garden irrigation is a regular and sufficient application of water. Two helpful watering techniques include using drip irrigation and soaker hoses. Learn more about these options, as well as the simple steps to installing them in your garden.
- Way to Water!
When it comes to growing vegetables, regular and sufficient watering is key. There are several ways to water your veggies, depending on the nature of the plants and the methods you prefer. Learn what these different types are, then pick which is best for you – and your plants.
- Weeding Out the Bad Guys
It’s a long growing season. Weeding and cultivating your soil helps your plants get the water and nutrients they need to continue to thrive. Learn some more advantages to these important gardening tasks, as well as tips on how to do them properly.
- When Good Veggies go Bad (the Fight Against Disease)
It’s easy to blame plant loss on pests, but it’s not always insects that destroy a garden. Viruses and fungal problems can be just as damaging – and sometimes worse. Here are a few tips to help avoid fungal disease in your vegetable garden.
- All About Whiteflies
Learn how to identify if whiteflies are damaging your plants and how to control these garden pests.