Russell

There is A typical mistake we all make when beginning to garden. Because you love to eat tomatoes, you buy some tomato seeds, then plant … Read more

Sunlight is an ingredient, yes, one most gardeners think off as an on switch. If there’s sun, they reason, then there must be happiness in … Read more

When your cucumbers look yellow and stunted, the culprit is almost never water. No. But there is such a thing as under-lighting them. That is … Read more

We talk about it in terms of hours, hours from dawn to dusk is what we call sunshine. It sounds precise until you remember that … Read more

It feels right to pour some water at the trees base, so most beginning orchardists do just that, pouring water on the trunk. Don’t get … Read more

Wrong: Most all of our kitchen herb woes stem from bad watering practices, good intentions gone wrong. You purchase a basil plant at the store, … Read more

Most kitchen herb disasters start with a well-meaning pot of basil in a north-facing window. You get the seedling, tuck him next to the glass, … Read more

You purchase a solid row of tomato cages, determined to get really good spacing between rows of your heirlooms. More plant = more tomatoes, right? … Read more

That’s where calculator up top comes in. It figures out exactly how much and when for you (at least based off your particular set-up). But … Read more

Water only when the plants tells you they need it, which usually means that their leaves starts to cup up. The plant will look good … Read more

Fall is the seed-spreading time of year, which brings a certain level of angst. You turn the dirt; you toss down the grain; then you … Read more