Farming Chart

Sweet potato gardening gets you down when the vines grows fast but you only harvest a handful of usable tubers from your effort. Did you … Read more

If you’re seeing aphids in the garden, or perhaps seeing curling leaves on your peppers in high summer, you may ask: Bad luck? No, it’s … Read more

There are those of us who start out well intentioned and wind up with a wreck of a head of cabbage. It’s not typically because … Read more

The lettuce seeds goes in the ground, but then you watch them and watch them and…well, something eats leaf before they’re big enough for salad. … Read more

To understand what’s going on in a vegetable garden, go underground. Plants is considered good neighbors, sticking to their own beds; most gardeners believe this … Read more

Squash is a defense-minded plant: When it comes to pest control in the vegetable garden, companion planting can make it a self-managing system. By planting … Read more

WHEN A PROBLEM occurs with tomatoes, you can often sense the trouble brewing. What happened? The plant look healthy with a strong stem and green … Read more

Fruit trees are islands in most home gardens. We dig hole for one sapling. Maybe we toss in a bag of mulch, then we step … Read more

It starts as A PLAN: You select seed and turn over dirt, all in the name of starting a garden, then…bam! Then what? Pests attack, … Read more

Midsummer is panic time in the garden: My neighbor’s flowers are blooming over there, but my patch look more like grass. That kind of aggravation … Read more

Herbal oil infusions is similar to baking bread: most of us just stare at recipe and hope for the best. Put some dried flower in … Read more