by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Apr 25, 2022 | gardening101
Tomato plants on a wire trellis Lots of the plants we grow for their delicious vegetables take up a lot of space in the garden. You can reduce the space cucumbers, melons, squash, pole beans, and even vining tomatoes take up by training the plants to grow on a...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Apr 18, 2022 | gardening101
Lettuce bolting in Lapeer County in 2014. Photo by Ben Phillips, MSU Extension. The term “bolt” means premature flowering in vegetables. Many cool-season vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage, and onions, are grown and harvested before they flower. A...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Apr 11, 2022 | gardening101
Drawing by Edward Stevens The technical definition of pH is the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration. In English, soil pH is a measure of how acid or alkaline the soil is. The pH scale goes from 0 to 14. Zero is the most acid, with the fewest hydrogen...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 26, 2022 | product review
There are times you need to spray your plants with a pesticide or fertilizer. To do that, you need a sprayer. I was given a Chapin G6015 Wet/Dry Hose End Sprayer to try out and review. While trying it out yesterday at my community garden plot I found it easy to use....
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 21, 2022 | Vegetables
Warm-season vegetables include favorites such as tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, beans, melons, and more. Some crops, such as corn, require a lot of room to grow. Others can be grown in pots on the porch. Here are ten warm-season vegetables that are...
