Growing vegetables means making some important decisions. Deciding what, where, and how to grow crops can be key to success and top harvests, which includes whether to direct sow or transplant ...
Spring officially arrives in March and, when the heat and light levels increase, it is a great time to plant many vegetables.
The days and nights may be getting cooler, but that doesn't mean it's time to put your garden to bed yet! Here are some ...
Many times I get questions when I’m out and about. This one came up while I was exercising the other day: I’ve grown beets for years, but they seem so much smaller now. Why are my beets so small?
NO MATTER THE weather, you can get a jump on spring by growing your own tender greens indoors. You don’t have to have a yard — or even a green thumb — to grow edible plants right in your own kitchen.
GREENS SEEDS: Lettuce can be direct seeded into the garden now through the end of February. Good cultivars include Black-seeded Simpson, Oakleaf, Redsails, Cos Romaine and Buttercrunch. VEGGIES NOW: ...
PLANT WINTER VEGGIES: Vegetables to plant in January include beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, collards, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onions, radishes, shallots, ...
It’s true that greenhouses and garden centers do a nice job of starting plants if you are not interested in babying seedlings along for 8 to 12 weeks. I do let them start some for me, but find that ...
The first week of March has early blooms popping up all over as crocus, winter pansies and early flowering trees and shrubs sing, “This bud’s for you.” Some of us might indeed be drunk with delight ...
Depending on your location, September is pumpkin spice latte weather or still hot enough for shorts and a dip in the pool. More often, we get some of both in this transition month. And as summer's ...