What’s so special about honeybees?
Today may be the official end to National Pollinator Week, but the work of bees — and gardeners — continues. Please keep adding plants to your garden that attract bees with the nectar and pollen they...
View ArticleDefining Seed and Plant Terms Avoids Confusion
While answering questions after a recent vegetable gardening talk, a beginning gardener asked me to explain some common seed terms found in garden catalogs and on seed packets. Because there’s a lot of...
View ArticleCompanion Gardening Expands Options for Small-Space Vegetable Gardens
There are just some things in life that make ideal combinations. It’s peanut butter and jelly for lunch; cookies and milk for dessert. When it comes to the garden, there’s tomatoes and basil; radishes...
View ArticleHow to make aerated compost tea for your garden
If you’re a gardener who’s been conscientiously composting your kitchen waste and using the rich, crumbly material as a soil conditioner in your garden, it’s time to take your composting to the next...
View ArticleVegetable gardeners have more control when planting in container gardens
The 2015 vegetable growing season had a cool, rainy and slow start, but plants are finally responding to the warm dry days. After the first 95-degree day, I noticed every squash plant had blossomed...
View ArticleSpecial Offer for Blue Ribbon Vegetable Gardeners
It’s as much fun as a funnel cake to enter a vegetable contest and be part of the excitement at an American fair! If you’re ready to bring a competitive edge to your vegetable gardening — or just...
View ArticleAre You America’s Best Gardener?
Could you be one of America’s Best Gardeners? Maybe! That’s if you’re willing to enter your indoor garden, ornamental garden or vegetable garden in the 2017 America’s Best Gardener contest, sponsored...
View ArticleHow to Have an Old-Fashioned Holiday
How to decorate with fruits and berries for an old-fashioned holiday.
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