Farming Chart

Have you purchased an unfamiliar-looking kiwano melon and were disappointed in the flavor? That’s how it can get a bad rap. You might select green … Read more

Peony season starts with flowering extravaganza in late May. If you don’t make this typical error, they will be quite trustworthy in a temperate garden. … Read more

Identify the critters in your Michigan garden and take action accordingly. That’s the mantra: Identify, then do something about it. Which might be nothing at … Read more

Don’t judge a Picasso melon by looks, or even weight: All these clues will mislead you. A Picasso has a green-and-beige creamy skin with green … Read more

If you’re like most people, when you think “banana pepper,” you’re thinking of only one type: that bright yellow strip around the perimeter of your … Read more

If you are standing in the nursery aisle facing long shelves of naked, bare-root roses, you may not know what to buy or even which … Read more

Typically, bananas are just one thing: something you either consume, or throw away once it’s brown. But you’re making a big mistake there. The fruit … Read more

If you’ve ever purchased what appeared to be a promising fruit only to find yourself eating something that tastes like damp cardboard, then you know … Read more

You see a lot of yellow things in the grocery store, bananas included. If you’re not expecting something different, red bananas appears odd due to … Read more

Once harvested, strawberries don’t keep ripening. Unlike bananas or avocados, which is climacteric, strawberries are non-climacteric and their sugars ceases developing at the moment of … Read more

If you’ve ever stood there clutching green tomatoes with a frost warning in the prediction, I bet you know what I mean: A sense that … Read more