Farming Chart

Besides the ph or fertilizer blend you can argue about, what’s possibly most important to growing things well? Root depth. We tend to think of … Read more

Think your garden has no plan? Pull up a shovelful of soil and see: Where will you put all those seeds? There are also seed … Read more

The seed packet says fresh basil; the garden center sells a large container to hold it in: a big pot, maybe a ceramic one. You … Read more

Have you ever stood in the nursery aisle staring at those black plastic pots, wondering what size they are? Up close, most of them appears … Read more

The celery seeds arrive in a packet and when you open it you notice there’s not much in there. You shake the packet and some … Read more

Are you confused by circumference numbers, grade names and code words on tulip bulbs? It’s no wonder; who doesn’t want to look at a bag … Read more

The nursery aisle stops you cold: All those pots, all about the same shape, but labeled differently, five gallons here, twelve inches there, and over … Read more

You feel that panic when the tomato plant wobbles around three PM. It’s wilting; the leaves are fine, the soil is moist, but something isn’t … Read more

It is the same with a hosta. There are spots on it; there are curls in it; maybe there’s even a scorch mark, and you … Read more

Whatever happened? You had such great intentions. You purchased that gorgeous fiddle leaf fig because it was statement piece in a magazine. Or, you thought … Read more

The new leaf on your tomato plant have gone all washed out and pale yellow. All the veins are still green, so there’s a dramatic … Read more