Lack of water, calcium causes tomato end rot
For nearly 11 months out of the year we buy tomatoes, squeezing them for ripeness, cringing at the cost and with the first bite telling ourselves "these definitely aren't homegrown." Finally, it's...
View ArticleA month-by-month guide to success in the garden
January Wait to prune spring blooming shrubs, such as forsythia, weigela, lilac, Spanish broom and bridal wreath, or you’ll be cutting off the flowers. Once they’ve finished blooming, then prune them...
View ArticleJoshua Siskin: Thin-bark trees offer beautiful flowers but care is needed to...
By Joshua Siskin, Garden Columnistdailynews.com Posted: 04/05/2013 04:41:18 PM PDT April 6, 2013 12:22 AM GMTUpdated: 04/05/2013 05:21:15 PM PDT Western redbud (Cercis occidentalis) at Van...
View Article>March gardening tasks
March is the month when the fierce winds called westerlies blow in off the Pacific Ocean. These winds heap sand into dunes and batter cypress into artistic contortions. They also blow the gardener's...
View ArticleFebruary garden tasks for spring planting
The seed catalogs arriving in your mailbox are a cue to start thinking ahead to spring and summer vegetable gardens. Planning early allows ambitious gardeners to get a jump on the growing season and...
View ArticleJoshua Siskin: Thin-bark trees offer beautiful flowers but care is needed to...
By Joshua Siskin, Garden Columnistdailynews.com Posted: 04/05/2013 04:41:18 PM PDT April 6, 2013 12:22 AM GMTUpdated: 04/05/2013 05:21:15 PM PDT Western redbud (Cercis occidentalis) at Van...
View ArticleFebruary garden tasks for spring planting
The seed catalogs arriving in your mailbox are a cue to start thinking ahead to spring and summer vegetable gardens. Planning early allows ambitious gardeners to get a jump on the growing season and...
View ArticleFebruary garden calendar for Central Florida
February is a transition month in Central Florida landscapes and gardens. We often have rapidly fluctuating temperatures from one day to the next. Early in the month you can still install transplants...
View ArticleGarden Detective: Chores for July
Jessica Damiano Jessica Damiano Jessica Damiano is a master gardener and journalist with more | | Videos Dig This! Galleries Web links My garden peaks in July. It's when the daylilies and the catmints...
View ArticleFebruary gardening essentials
February is normally a month of heavy rainfall and cross your fingers that it is also true this year. Whether it rains or not, spring will soon arrive and now is the time to complete winter tasks....
View ArticleGROWING SUPER BERRIES
">Goji berries These sprawling shrubs have long, flexible canes. In late spring, the plants develop star-shaped purple flowers that become bright red berries resembling tiny tomatoes. The plants are...
View ArticleMarch garden calendar for Central Florida
March is a top gardening month in Central Florida, and it's time to get outside and plant something. This month typically consists of warmer days and not much rainfall. Be sure to irrigate when new...
View ArticleMay: Month-by-month guide to planting, gardening and produce with recipes
Stalwarts in the sun-loving, water-efficient garden must include plants such as rosemary and lavender. But there are hundreds more plants that perform admirably in our climate, many of which offer...
View ArticlePunch List: Tomato triumphs
Roxborough community service youth group plants a community agriculture garden. Here, Damon Dutton, helps Hutson Thomas, 10, put a cage around a tomato plant as Reina Arora, 9, watches. (Lindsay...
View ArticleGarden Detective: Chores for July
Jessica Damiano Jessica Damiano Jessica Damiano is a master gardener and journalist with more | | Videos Dig This! Galleries Web links My garden peaks in July. It's when the daylilies and the catmints...
View Article5 things to do in your garden: Apply snail bait to tree trunks; water, add ...
By Jack E. Christensendailynews.com Posted: 03/22/2013 04:45:58 PM PDT March 23, 2013 12:31 AM GMTUpdated: 03/22/2013 05:31:25 PM PDT 1 Snails: Snails have ravenous appetites, and they're nocturnal, so...
View Article5 things to do in your garden: Plant camellias -- but not too deep, harvest ...
By Jack E. Christensendailynews.com Posted: 01/25/2013 05:24:29 PM PST January 26, 2013 1:27 AM GMTUpdated: 01/25/2013 05:26:34 PM PST 1 If you purchase camellias this season, when you plant them...
View ArticleColorado Garden to-do list for September 2014: Plant, aerate, harvest!
September is the right month to pull root vegetables, bring in the last of the green tomatoes, put plant-sale perennials in the ground and give your grass lawn a head start on next year's growth. (Karl...
View ArticleOn Gardening: Early Autumn Camellia japonica a show-stopper
Early Autumn Camellia japonica, is simply amazing and should be shouted from the mountain top. Unfortunately it has to be the best kept secret in the world of gardening. Each year, just like clockwork...
View Article5 things to do in your garden: Water plants, soil; feed cymbidium orchids,...
By Jack E. Christensendailynews.com Posted: 01/18/2013 04:31:20 PM PST January 19, 2013 12:37 AM GMTUpdated: 01/18/2013 04:36:15 PM PST 1 Keep in mind that winds dry out plants and soil. In the absence...
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