Green beans are one of the simplest garden vegetables to grow, producing a bountiful crop with very little care. Most bean pests are easily controlled through natural means and rarely require the use of pesticides. Watch for the following pests in your bean patch: Aphids Aphids … [Read more...]
Seedstarting Made Easy
For many gardeners, the easiest way to grow vegetables and annuals is to start with seedlings. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, for example, grow slowly from seed and often won’t mature before the first frost if planted from seed in the garden. Annuals planted from seed sown … [Read more...]
Yellow Tomatoes and Orange Tomatoes: Best Varieties
There are many varieties of yellow and orange tomatoes, nearly all of which are low in acid, making them a great boon to those on acid-reduced diets. Â Many are also heirloom varieties suitable for organic growing and most are also abundant producers. Gardeners grow yellow and … [Read more...]
Planting Tulips for Best Results
Every garden needs a place for hardy spring bulbs, such as tulips. They emerge during the drab, gray days of early spring to brighten the garden when little else is green. Properly planted, tulips provide a bright spot of color in the garden for several years, although they … [Read more...]
Corn Earworms: How to Prevent and Control
Corn earworms are a bane to both home gardeners and commercial farmers alike. In fact, they cause more damage to corn crops than any other insect and are found throughout the continental U.S. In addition to corn, corn earworms eat at least 16 other cultivated crops and over 100 … [Read more...]
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