My Potato Plants Aren’t Blooming!
Your neighbor’s potatoes are in full bloom while yours don’t even show the slightest bud. Are they just late orContinue Reading
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When to Harvest Your Veggies?
Many experienced gardeners have been growing vegetables for so long they seem to develop a sixth sense as to whenContinue Reading
Dealing with Fruit Drop in Cucurbits
Gardeners often have a problem with fruit drop in squash, cucumbers, melons and other plants of the Cucurbitaceae (cucumber family).Continue Reading
The World’s Smallest Tomato Plant
I was surprised to see a teeny tiny tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) in the vegetable garden at Tower Hill Botanical GardenContinue Reading
Bindweeds: Stranglers with Pretty Flowers
The name bindweed usually refers to a climbing or creeping plant in the Convolvulaceae or morning glory family. There areContinue Reading
When Top-grafted Shrubs Sucker
Shrubs and trees grafted onto an upright stem are very popular in our gardens. They may have different names –Continue Reading
When Daylilies Stop Blooming
Most daylilies (Hemerocallis cvs) bloom year after year without your having to do much of anything: they are very reliableContinue Reading
Can You Kill Ants with Boiling Water?
Among the methods you often hear about how to destroy ant nests in the garden is to pour boiling waterContinue Reading
Tomatoes are Carnivorous
Did you know that the sticky hairs found on the stems of tomato plants are designed to trap small insects?Continue Reading
Plant Trees Well Back From the Property Line
You intend to plant a tree? Wonderful! We need more trees in our world. But to be a good neighbor,Continue Reading