Growing A Garden One Mile High Halfway to Heaven!
Just east of the Rocky Mountains and one mile high is a section of the country which presents garden problems. We often have cold, snow, and frost until May 15,
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April Pointers: Midwest Plant and Garden To Do’s
If luck is with us – in the guise of lovely, sunny weather—this will be one of the busiest and one of the most enjoyable outdoor months of the year.
April Pointers: West Coast Plant and Garden To Do’s
April is one of the most beautiful and busiest months in the entire calendar of Western gardening operations. It is time to look ahead to summer and begin visualizing your
April Pointers: Southern Plant and Garden To Do’s
National Bug Week We Americans seem to have a penchant for designating and observing varying “weeks” and “months” dedicated to promoting or memorializing certain projects or events. The month of
April Pointers: Northern Plant and Garden To Do’s
April is daffodil time. When the bright flowers appear, appraise the varieties you have and look over the plantings of friends and neighbors for ideas on the new kinds to
Starting Seeds Indoors: How To Start Seed Indoors
One of the most rewarding of all garden undertakings is starting plants indoors from seed. Unfortunately, it is frequently also one of the most disappointing, for failure to “bring through”
Grandma’s Simple Tools for Easier Gardening
When I was a child, there were no supermarkets. So a vegetable garden was very important. After school, we helped mother plant lettuce, radishes, and peas on a warm day
Weed Killers: What Friendly Herbicide Is Safe For Bees?
Many weed killers are deadly to bees. Among them are herbicides containing glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup. Other herbicides toxic to bees include Dicamba products and even natural concoctions
Plant Juicy Tomatoes A Must For Every Garden
The tomato stands high among those vegetables that furnish abundant food from limited space with small effort and little failure hazard. A single plant may often yield as much as
What Are Some Popular Medicinal Perennial Herbs To Grow?
Herbs used only for their medicinal or healing qualities were divided by the herbalists in about the fifteenth century into specific groups according to their supposed action upon the human