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Getting your garden ready for fall and winter is key to ensuring healthy soil and a strong start next spring. To prepare your ...
When you write a weekly garden column, you can find yourself waking up in the middle of the night worrying that you forgot to ...
This beginners guide shows how to transplant a tomato plant from one garden bed to another with tips on how this can be done at minimal risk to the tomato plant so it has the best chance to do well in ...
Choosing the right tomato plant makes all the difference. From seedling health to climate and space, a few key factors can ...
Tomato plants are easy to grow, but this incredibly simple zip tie hack will help you keep them thriving and free of disease.
Be a part of history and save money when planting next year’s garden. Collect and save the seeds from your favorite heirloom tomatoes, peppers, beans and peas this fall. Seeds of heirloom plants have ...
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas gardeners often face a common challenge at the end of a successful growing season: what to do with an abundant tomato harvest when time is short. Karen Blakeslee, coordinator ...
It goes without saying that seasonal gardening tasks should be performed at specific times of the year, mainly because of the weather. But many gardening practices are also best performed at certain ...
Pollinator bed in a P-Patch garden in Seattle, Washington. Article and photos (unless noted) by Peg Smith Walking around the garden the familiar mantra of ‘I tried but it died’ ran through my head and ...