Farming Chart

In July, a Midwest garden can feel like an ecosystem run amok… Until you stop and ID what’s going on. You walk out there with … Read more

That fuzzy green caterpillar you might spot walking across a branch while wandering around your backyard or an Oregon forest could be headed for a … Read more

In your vegetable patch, YOU SEE A CATERPILLAR all coiled up beneath a leaf, its body unnervingly plump and bright green. It looks like it … Read more

Gray caterpillars is common in the garden… And alarming when spotted right away. Maybe they’re hiding in your foliage, or revealed on your plants’ stems. … Read more

Fruit trees is islands. They are solitary ones, at least if most home gardeners are typical. You plant the tree, put down some mulch, and … Read more

Why do certain areas of the garden do so well, and others struggle right beside them? It is more likely a matter of what you … Read more

For instance: You make a perennial bed that’s pleasing to the eye (and the scale)…for maybe three weeks. And then summer happens, and the ground … Read more

The one beautiful pear tree you planted will bloom in spring, perhaps, and then…nothing by summer. Why? Pears tend not to self-pollinate well. If you’ve … Read more

It happens in mid-June: Your garden is empty, no matter how hard you tryed. You did all that careful planting in April and marveled at … Read more

If you garden in zone 5, it can be discouraging to plant in April and barely see things growing by June. While neighbors farther south … Read more

Once flowers fall from nectarine tree, small green knobs will begin to appear. These are beginnings of fruit. But many times the fruit will go … Read more