Farming Chart

It starts out so well. You plant the pepper seeds with hope, watch hopefully for true leaves and sturdy stems, and then wait for flowers. … Read more

When you see a fuzzy black and yellow thing skittering across your parsley plant, what’s the first thing you think? Panic? Will it devour entire … Read more

What to do? You’ve got the right soil, amended and watered properly, but still have droopy-looking plants that never recovered. You’re not alone; perhaps you … Read more

In zone 6, the month of march makes us nervous: It’s thawed just enough so you can venture out into the yard, yet everything up … Read more

APRIL: The ground is bare in zones 7a-7b, and it makes gardeners nervous. There’s nothing blooming, so when we gaze out at the churned-up ground … Read more

Cortland: A handsome tree, but what good is that if it doesn’t bear? Unless you know how this apple likes to be treated. Plant it, … Read more

That’s part of the problem with planting everything in March. You’ll notice that by midsummer, when you expect to see color, you find only green … Read more

This is a warm-winter apple that yields fruit, even in the south or southwest. With a shovel in hand, you’re about to plant an apple … Read more

PLANT A pair of elderberry bushes, then wait for the harvest. But that is not what happens: many bush have only leaves and hardly any … Read more

If your citrus trees are blooming but fruit isn’t forming, don’t be disappointed, it’s typically not a mystery, it’s usually a matter of mechanics. Specifically: … Read more

In spring you plant a Japanese plum tree and get pink blossoms. You wait for fruit and none ever come. Other orchards around you has … Read more