The joke in Maine is that when August comes around it’s best to lock your car doors, otherwise you’re likely to find a pile of zucchini on the back seat when you get back. With such a glut of zucchini, it’s hard to believe that these popular vegetables are subject to a whole host … [Read more...]
Common Tomato Diseases
If you cultivate a vegetable garden, you may plan on planting a crop of tomatoes. In order to grow ripe, healthy tomatoes for your friends and family, you need to know how to recognize common tomato diseases. Recognizing a tomato disease early may allow you to take action in … [Read more...]
How to Prevent and Control Pea Diseases
Eight Tips for Growing Healthy Peas You have to pick peas and eat them right away to get that fresh-picked, homegrown flavor. That’s why peas are worth space in any home garden. They are, however, susceptible to a number of plant diseases. Before you get out the insecticide … [Read more...]
Grow Great Beans (and Keep Diseases Away)
In home vegetable garden popularity contests, green beans rank second only to tomatoes. Green beans are easy to grow, but gardeners do have to take measure to prevent diseases from damaging or destroying their bean crops. Green Bean Varieties Pole beans need support, but they … [Read more...]
How to Deal with Garden Pests and Diseases the Organic Way
Only a few decades ago, using poisonous chemicals (pesticides and herbicides) to get rid of garden pests and unwanted weeds was the accepted practice for both home gardens and commercial farms. But ongoing research has revealed that these toxic substances are linked … [Read more...]
Rose Gardening Diseases
While roses often do succumb to diseases of various kinds, some varieties of rose are less susceptible than others. So, if you are planting a new rose garden try to stick to resistant species if you can. Rose gardening diseases are generally categorized as being either fungal … [Read more...]
How to Identify Plant Problems
Even the most diligent gardeners will have problems with their plants from time to time. Insects attack plants above and below the ground, leaves go yellow, roots shrivel, fruit is stunted (or doesn’t appear at all), and flowers drop before they have even opened. Sound … [Read more...]
Common Plant Diseases
Just as humans get sick, plants get diseases. Unfortunately that is a fact of life. But if you familiarize yourself with the possible diseases your plants may get, you can take immediate action and minimize the damage. Every type of plant in your garden is at risk, including … [Read more...]
Gardening Tips
Got a gardening problem? Does your plant have yellow leaves? Or, do you have a bug in your garden you are trying to identify. Check out these pages on gardening tips on common gardening pests and diseases. Just click on a link below for more information. If you still don’t … [Read more...]