Most gardeners think only of the frost on the pumpkin, but I worry also about the frost on my tender herbs.
While cleaning out the vegetable garden yesterday, I noticed many little funnels carved into the soil. Discovering things like this always reminds me that I am never alone in my garden.
We have several multiflora roses in our woods that have had signs of rose rosette disease (RRD) for the past few years. Now, sadly, one of our cultivated roses is showing signs, as well.
If squash vine borers are on your farm and protection isn’t in place, don’t count on growing your own Halloween jack-o’-lantern this year.
I visited a local nursery last week in hopes of finding a conical evergreen to replace a small redbud tree at the front corner of our house that died. I hit the jackpot when I found a ball-and-burlap Robusta Green juniper (Juniperus chinensis) for a reasonable price.
Fall is rich with hearty root vegetables and nutritious greens. Give the garden one last go before winter arrives with these cool-loving crops.
Put away the first-aid kit. Your farmland is home to a number of medicinal herbs that can be used to treat what ails you.
I spent a few hours last evening working in my vegetable garden. It was time to harvest the winter squash and pull out the tomato vines.
You can’t prevent a natural disaster, but you can take steps to protect your garden and even rehab it once damage is done.
Begin your transition into agroforestry by growing shiitake mushrooms on logs on your farm’s forestland.
Dusk is a beautiful time in the garden, especially for certain plants. Specimens that might otherwise go unnoticed in the daylight become alive at night.
Goldenrod was once undeservedly shunned from gardens. This sunny North American native plant was (and sadly still is) considered a weed in much of the country and is often blamed for causing hay fever, though its pollen is too heavy to be carried on the wind.
