Farmers Weekly Review

It inevitably happens every few years, I get a call from someone growing grapes or the perennial flower vines wisteria or trumpet vine. They lament…

It happens every year about this time. People point out their excitement about seeing those first butterflies of spring. Maybe it is the brown/orange Red…

Yesterday, when planting some onion sets with 40 K-2 students, several of them were more interested in picking dandelions than the task at hand. But…

Besides asparagus, there is nothing that signals spring vegetable gardening to me more than growing some sweet, mild green onions (scallions). And paraphrasing the old…

We are on the precipice of gardening season now, and gardeners are preparing for what I call our Olympics, ‘tis the season of garden center…

Each season has its signature vegetables. I can’t think of summer without almost tasting a just-picked tomato or that smell of cucumbers. For me, peas…

Ahhh, Mother Nature … you and your fickle thermostat. First, you lure us into this non-winter winter, then you dial down the thermostat radically, to…

There are a few questions that are considered “regulars” every year. One of the most common concerns turf and trees. The call will start with,…

It is meteorological spring, and Mother Nature is back at it using her thermostat like a roulette wheel. But she is tending to stay on…

Well, we continue to be riding Mother Nature’s rollercoaster of weather, but all gardeners are itching to get back outside. For me, there isn’t a…