by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 19, 2017 | entomology
How much would you give to know when bugs and other garden pests were coming so you could take preventive measures? The Big Bug Hunt is asking for your help to develop an app that does just that. Since gardeners are the ones who generally find new bugs...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 3, 2017 | gardening101
Most people have heard that you are supposed to rotate your garden plants between plants from the same family. Many people have heard of companion planting where you plant certain plants together for a better harvest. However, few people have heard of...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 21, 2017 | container gardening vegetables
European wood sorrel Why Not Grow Perennial Salad Leaves This Season? By Daniel Mowinski Perennial vegetables are making a comeback. I say comeback because if you were to travel a few centuries into the past you would find plants like Good King Henry and Sorrel in...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 30, 2017 | container gardening vegetables
Dwarf vegetable plants can produce enough food for several meals during the gardening season. Many of these new plants can produce great vegetables in as little as an eight inch pot set on the patio or balcony. These are part of a gardening craze aimed at people who...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 8, 2017 | diseases
Rose Rosette Disease is thought to be caused by a virus that came over to the United States in the 1800s with Asian wild roses. Many of these roses were planted by settlers all over the United States and have become naturalized. Rose Rosette Disease is now infecting...
