Farming Chart

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

Some seeds don’t want to sprout, no matter how well you prepare them. Perhaps you’ve purchased high-quality seed, made soil ready, watered carefully, and still: … Read more

Rarely, problem with split radishes is soil; it is almost always a spacing issue. Almost always, though, it’s a spacing thing: Seeds are little dots … Read more

You might go out to pull seeds from soil only to find they’ve turned shriveled and slimy because the ground wasn’t warm enough. Ouch. What’s … Read more

Sow seeds, watering well, then wait. Nothing happens. And nothing happens. A week later; then another. What’s happening? You know: The bare spot in vegetable-garden … Read more

Vegetables turn from a delicious harvest to a woody disappointment very quickly, even faster then most gardeners would imagine. Out to check on your beans, … Read more

Days to harvest on the back of a seed pack is a figure we count on, but one that almost never coincides with when we … Read more

Then the weather app tells you: Frost Warning. What to do? Panic. Go out and survey your garden; what won’t make it through the night? … Read more

When you pull up A CARROT and find it puny, you blame yourself (you watered wrong; you didn’t amend the soil). More often than not, … Read more

The tricky family of nightshades: Why is a green tomato you’re staring at in late September grassy-flavored? Why do some years everything go well with … Read more

The healthy-greens mindset is like this: Greens are good for you, so you’re getting greens. But unless you’re harvesting curly kale or other truly dark … Read more