by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 18, 2022 | gardening101
Vegetable Gardening From the Ground Up by Stephanie Suesan Smith Genre: How-To, DIY Gardening Beginning vegetable gardeners can harvest bountiful produce the first year. Even a beginner can succeed without enduring trial and error methods by...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 14, 2022 | potatoes
In the Dallas, Texas area where I live, potatoes are planted on Valentine’s Day. However, you really need to buy your seed potatoes two weeks earlier to get them ready for planting. I went to North Haven Gardens to get my seed potatoes. You can grow red...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 8, 2022 | Napa Cabbage
Baby Napa Cabbage Little Jade I like making stir-fries so I am growing this Baby Napa Cabbage Little Jade (Brassica rapa pekinensis). These mature early, about 60 days from transplanting, so I do not have to wait so long to taste them. Napa cabbage, also called...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 31, 2022 | gardening101
Seedlings about ready to plant outside I start my seedlings inside instead of buying them from the nursery. If you do the same, you must harden them off before planting, or they will die when planted. What is hardening off? Hardening off is the process of getting...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 24, 2022 | gardening101
A damping off Pinus taeda seedling Damping-off is usually caused by fungi, Rhizoctonia spp. and Fusarium spp., or by the water mold Pythiumspp. It most often attacks small seedlings and quickly kills them, Older plants can get root...
