Soil Testing – Why

Once upon a time, farmers tested their soil by tasting …

St- Augustine – Take All (Take-All, take all) Disease

I am very pleased with my St. Augustine lawn. Despite …

Soil Temperature – Monitoring

My son and I had just arrived the first day …

Lawn – Leveling

A new home in my neighborhood had bermudagrass sod planted …

Lawns – Diagnosing Dead Grass

I regularly drive by a church that has a nice …

Basil – Care

If you buy seedling basil plants from a nursery and …

Black Walnut – Cracking, Removing Nutmeat

Q: I have a black walnut tree in my yard …

Tomato

Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Tomatoes are unquestionably the most popular garden vegetables …

Muskmelon

Cucumis melo var. reticulates
Muskmelons are vine crops, closely related …

Squash

Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita mixta
Squashes are …

Geraniums – Bringing Indoors

Those fiery red blooms look pretty ragged in late fall …

Citrus

Citrus spp.
With selection of the more cold-hardy varieties, Citrus …

Chinese Cabbage

Brassica rapa var. pekinensis

Chinese cabbage is another of the …

Houseplants – Light Levels Needed

Plants need strong light in order to grow well indoors. …

Azalea – Planting Properly

In high dudgeon, Dave Hudak wrote me recently:

“Last year …

Strawberry

Fragaria cv.
Growing your own Strawberries means that you can …

Radish

Raphanus sativus
Radishes are fast-growing, cool-weather vegetables. They grow any …

Clivia

When I answered a question about clivia on my radio …

Hydrangeas – Why They are Blue or Pink

We all know that life depends on chemistry. We may …

Watermelon

Citrullus linatus
Summertime celebrations would be incomplete without watermelons. Children …