Every vegetable that we grow has its potential issues. When it comes to root vegetables, carrot splitting, cracking, or deformation is a common issue. You care for your carrot harvest for weeks and ...
Growing Strawflowers: How to Plant and Care For Everlasting Daisies
Some flowers are just so different from everything you have grown previously that they are worth just planting for the fun of it. Strawflower is one such plant. The papery leaves, longevity, and ...
Growing Shagbark Hickories: How to Care for This Multi-Purpose Wonder
Shagbark hickory is an iconic tree species that holds great cultural, ecological, and historical significance. The name depicts its distinctive shaggy bark, which peels away from the trunk in long ...
Holes in Homegrown Cucumbers: 11 Potential Causes and Remedies
Are you frustrated with seeing dents or holes in your cucumbers instead of smooth, healthy fruits? When we put a ton of effort into growing food for ourselves or our families, losing even a single ...
How to Espalier Trees and Shrubs to Maximize Growing Space
The espalier technique is ideal for growing fruit trees efficiently in small spaces. It involves pruning and training the tree's branches against a wall or fence to grow flat rather than ...
How to Protect Your Vegetables From Carrot Flies
Don't you hate it when you have lovingly taken care of vegetables like carrots, but when you harvest them, they're damaged by pests? All that growing work is wasted because now you can't use them for ...
Globe Amaranth: Growing and Caring for Gomphrena Plants
Gomphrena, also known as globe amaranth, is an edible, short-lived perennial with unique round or oval blossoms that come in multiple vibrant colors. The clover-like blossoms appear from summer ...
All About Tulip Fire Disease and What to Do About It
Springtime brings longer days, garden color, and abundance. The garden shakes off the winter blues, and we welcome the new growing season after being cooped up through months of cold. With the ...
Tree Gummosis: How to Identify and Handle This Sticky Disease
It can be a little unnerving when you discover gummy deposits all over your trees. It looks like the tree has been wounded and is oozing painfully. Gummosis is quite common, but that doesn't mean ...