HOW TO BEAT THE BUGS ORGANICALLY
Tools you can use Larry Heather Foglia of Fox Hollow Farm demonstrate use of row cloth to protect plants from insects at June 4 presentation at Gateway Garden. It was a beautiful Saturday morning...
Help Bumblebees with Your Garden
Bumblebees in North America are facing pressures of disease, habitat loss, climate change and the overuse of pesticides. Here's how gardeners can help: https://shar.es/1xFQ3r
How To Have a Weed-Free Garden With No Work!
How To Have a Weed-Free Garden With No Work! Thank you to: http://migardener.com/how-to-have-a-weed-free-garden-with-no-work/ Have you ever thought of a weed free garden and thought to yourself,...
Garlic: So Easy, So Rewarding
IT WAS HARD for me to believe how easy it is to grow garlic! And ever since I saw and tasted how much better it is than store-bought--oily and aromatic, I keep planting more every year. It requires...
Use Straw To Cover Gardens for Winter
The chill in the air says it’s almost time to put our gardens to bed. One of the best ways to do that is to use straw. I recommend straw because it's inexpensive, easy to use and move around, and...
The pursuit of perfection in tomatoes
Are you facing any tomato troubles about now? Well, there is help to be had, from Dr. Meg McGrath, a longtime vegetable pathologist for Cornell University. Plus a handy app! http://awaytogarden.com
Bean Beetle Control
Bean Beetle Control Missing from the discussion is: Do not heavily seed and allow all plants to grow. This makes controlling the infestation and the harvest more difficult!...
Colorado Potato Beatles
Colorado Potato beatles have been spotted in the garden eating tomatillo plants! I am attaching a link from the U of minnesota extension P...
Vertical Growing, French Marigolds, and Solutions to Ant Hills
Below is a list of the various types of netting and clips demonstrated in the Vertical Growing Workshop. Be creative and don't be afraid to try something new to get those crops up off the ground....
Problem with Spinach, Chard, Beets
Many of you have expressed concern over your spinach plants that appear to be drying out. I've done a little research and it looks like what we have here is a Spinach leaf miner. Removing infected...