My seedlings fell over and cannot get up

A damping off Pinus taeda seedling. photo by INAKAvillage211 Have you ever had your seedlings wilt and fall over suddenly?  They were growing great guns when you checked on them.  A few hours later, they were sprawled over the ground like drunken sailors, never to...

Growing and Using Fennel

Fennel is one of the lesser-known herbs that people grow.  It has to be separated from dill because they are related and will cross-pollinate, resulting in an inedible (nasty tasting) mutt of a plant.  Fennel grows well in containers and can be kept away...

Blackberry or Dewberry

Dewberry flower There are wild berries in my area that the locals call dewberries.  They look and taste like small blackberries.  I always thought they were just wild blackberries.  It turns out there are some differences between the two. Dewberries...

Killing grass in the vegetable garden

Vegetable garden, herb garden on the Kirchberg plateau, Reinhausen (Gleichen) One of the biggest frustrations in a garden is how fast grass can invade and take over.  This is especially true in a new garden when you have just tilled the existing grass under and...

Repelling Mosquitoes Without Pesticides

Asian Tiger Mosquito Image by WikiImages from Pixabay The picture I grew up with of mosquito control is of a slow-moving vehicle spraying poison out the back while children ran along behind and played in the spray.  This does not exactly conform to best practices for...