Farming Chart

Gardeners often get an urgent sense about getting things moving as late March approaches, but that rush can backfire in Zone 6, where ground remains … Read more

Gardening in zone 5 is a game of strategy, and patience. According to calendar, May should be here, but the ground might not has thawed … Read more

Most of us treat fertilizing as a guesstimate. Out come the balanced kind from shed, and we sprinkle it over the area and hope for … Read more

But Texas isn’t all hot and flat. It’s a patchwork of small climate area, spread out among four USDA hardiness zones. That means from warm … Read more

Actualy, there are not one but three different garden in Florida. They’re connected by interstate highways. Many assume that if something works in Miami, it’ll … Read more

So you stand there at the nursery door holding a picture from their catalog of a hydrangea, which the label say will grow in zone … Read more

Tomato: That’s blossom-end rot; a hard, brown, hollow spot at the end where the blossom was. It looks like a disease; it isn’t. The trouble … Read more

The panic sets in around mid-february, when you pull out the garden calendar, get all gung-ho to do something productive and grab a pack of … Read more

Don’t assume that all seeds must be soaked before sowing; some are better off with a little presoaking. But knowing which ones are easy to … Read more

It’s disappointing: You bought some seeds and sowed them in the soil, expecting life to appear, and then nothing. You pull out your packet to … Read more

It’s early spring, and you plant a packet of seeds with the vision of a salad-loaded summer ahead. You look at the back of the … Read more