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When your cabbages become cue balls and other spring pests
It happens every year about this time. People point out their excitement about seeing those first butterflies of spring. Maybe…
The Lawn Ranger Returns … but timing is everything
Yesterday, when planting some onion sets with 40 K-2 students, several of them were more interested in picking dandelions than…
Don’t cry … Onion growing easy and delicious!
Besides asparagus, there is nothing that signals spring vegetable gardening to me more than growing some sweet, mild green onions…
Grow your own tacos: thoughts on themed container gardens
We are on the precipice of gardening season now, and gardeners are preparing for what I call our Olympics, ‘tis…
Sugar snap, snow and shelling — Spring is time for peas!
Each season has its signature vegetables. I can’t think of summer without almost tasting a just-picked tomato or that smell…
Peek-a-boo, did frost get you? Bud blast
Ahhh, Mother Nature … you and your fickle thermostat. First, you lure us into this non-winter winter, then you dial…
Just don’t do it …Turf under trees is a no-win situation
There are a few questions that are considered “regulars” every year. One of the most common concerns turf and trees.…
One for all, all for one — Insights on Plant Breeding
It is meteorological spring, and Mother Nature is back at it using her thermostat like a roulette wheel. But she…
What gardeners should and should not be doing in early March
Well, we continue to be riding Mother Nature’s rollercoaster of weather, but all gardeners are itching to get back outside.…
Wintersowing (Part 2) After the planting
Well, I hope some of you have saved some gallon jugs and seeds, and are trying the easiest way to…
Prevent a sticky situation … use dormant oil on fruit trees
Well, Mother Nature must have realized she forgot to change her thermostat to winter except for that one week. But…
Wintersowing: Let Mother Nature Babysit Your Seeds
Of all the columns I have written for the Farmers Weekly Review, this is one of the top five subjects…