Pretty much every gardener I know has had at least one episode of frustrated crying or yelling. This is because so many things can go wrong when tending a garden. Even if you technically do everything ...
13 Radicchio Plant Problems and How To Fix Them
If you like exciting salads, radicchio is probably a regular in your garden. It adds a pop of color and a burst of bitter, radish-y spice. While they're fairly reliable producers, you'll eventually ...
11 Problems When Growing Cabbage Plants and How to Solve Them
Can you imagine a family BBQ without coleslaw or a weekend get-together without fried cabbage? Picture a holiday meal without sauerkraut. Horrible, right? However you like to use cabbage, it's an easy ...
15 Kale Plant Problems and How to Fix Them
Kale is one of my favorite crops. In a garden full of brassicas, we always save two plots for kale and that keeps us in fresh greens longer than any other species. But with all its hardiness and ...
8 Most Common Swiss Chard Pests and Diseases (and How to Get Rid of Them)
A few years ago, I decided to finally give Swiss chard a chance. I had always avoided growing this leafy green vegetable in my garden because I wasn’t sure that I would like its taste. After ...
How to Identify and Deal With Clubroot
In our garden, brassicas make up the majority of vegetables. We’re big fans of sauerkraut, broccoli soup, and brussels sprouts. Brassicas are easy to grow, and they thrive in our cool, northern ...
11 Broccoli Plant Problems That Can Ruin Your Harvest
Broccoli is a delicious, easy-to-grow favorite. Except when it isn’t easy to grow at all. Like radishes, cucumbers, and cabbages, broccoli is one of those vegetables that’s usually easy to succeed ...
How to Treat and Prevent Brassica White Leaf Spot Disease
Also known as Cercospora or Pseudocercosporella, there are two different types of fungi that can cause white leaf spot diseases on brassica plants. These diseases affect all plants in the brassica ...
12 Cannabis Diseases and Problems to Watch Out For
No matter what plants you grow, you'll inevitably have to contend with botanical diseases. As you can imagine, cannabis is no exception. Whether you're growing these plants for profit or medicine, ...