Farming Chart

If your climbing ornamental or even your grapevine appear woody and brown in early spring, don’t be alarmed; it is just being itself, even if … Read more

With that pine seedling, you buy into idea of this being a long-term investment; not a tree right now, but one on its way, decades … Read more

Most homeowners treat grass seed like a one-size-fits-all commodity. Scoop it out, sprinkle it on. No big deal. Big mistake. You waste time and money, … Read more

Why should you plant a tree? For Privacy! For Shade! But then why did the tree you planted next door grew faster than yours? Is … Read more

The variable is application rate; the number of pounds of seed per acre; which distinguishes a nice lawn from a weed-filled disaster. This knowledge will … Read more

Growing an oak tree is a patient person’s game. You stick a nut in the ground, and then you hope that decades later something meaningful … Read more

Calibration matters; a patchy lawn versus a uniform one often hinges on it. And most people don’t think of their spreaders as a mathematical tool, … Read more

On the vine, yellow watermelons is hard to tell apart from red ones; meaning that if you rely solely on your intuition, they’re liable to … Read more

In late may, you take a stroll through an aspen woodlot and think: Uh-oh, those leaves is looking kind of skeletal; what’s up? An outbreak … Read more

When we think of herbal medicine today, we see it packaged nicely inside wellness shops. But going back hundreds of years, this was (and still … Read more

There are times when no matter what you do to make something look interesting, there’s just nothing to the background. You’ve layered and painted and … Read more