Green Leafy Vegetables Chart
You stood there looking at a seed packet in the garden center. Not sure what to buy? That’s a plant that will turn out bitter, … Read more
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Tulip Flower Vase Life Calculator
Buying tulips has its own particular variety of heartbreak. When you take them home, all those fancy buds is tightly closed and lovely; a few … Read more
Dahlia Tuber Storage Life Calculator
In late fall, you dig up your dahlias (clump after clump), then clean away the dirt and stash them for the winter. It’s not gardening … Read more
Vegetable Plant Size Chart
Thinking small: If you’ve ever stood in the garden center clutching your little plastic pots of something and couldn’t picture how big it would be … Read more
Dahlia Tuber Sprouting Time Calculator
In your hand you grip these lumpy potato things, hoping against hope they’re alive. Even a sleeping tuber look just like a dead one until … Read more
When To Plant Vegetables Chart
Why should your tomatoes be sitting idle in the ground while next-door’s are growing happily? You had the same fertilizer; you both planted on the … Read more
Dahlia Flower Vase Life Calculator
When your gorgeous dahlia bouquet flops by Tuesday afternoon, do you panic? Chances are good that you cut them on the proper day, washed them, … Read more
Tulip Bulb Shelf Life Calculator
You ordered tulips in early fall from bulb catalogs, hoping for color, but what arrives instead is usualy a flimsy cardboard box of something that … Read more
Vegetable Garden Growth Chart
Most gardeners count pounds of tomatoes, or count heads of lettuce (to make inventory of their crops). That’s as far as most think: They maintain … Read more
Tulip Bulb Chill Time Calculator
Something special about tulip growers: They tend to be dissapeared in a special way. This usually happens just about now, around Easter (and sometimes Valentine’s … Read more
Vegetable Garden Sun Chart
Sunlight is a binary switch most gardeners think. Six hours of direct sun are just right; four will do for lettuce; six is best for … Read more