This has been a lack-luster summer for my yard, which I predicted last month . Sometimes, I hate it when I’m right.The weather has been strange, with spurts of heavy rain between periods of dry weather and heavy winds. The result is a scraggly patch of vegetables that have all but given up on hope.One [...]
T he official arrival of autumn is only four weeks away. Research at Virginia Tech and other land grant universities proves that fall is the best time to fertilize a lawn. You’ll need two elements to get the job done – a spreader and fertilizer specifically intended for turf. Once you’ve applied the fertilizer to [...]
Most plants grow to a predetermined shape depending on their growth habit. They can be low and spreading, mounding, branching, or tall and upright. The weather and browsing animals can play a part in pruning and shaping. While you can’t control the weather and stop every animal from entering your garden, you can help direct [...]
If your summer vegetable garden wasn’t as productive as you hoped it would be, you still have a chance to put some backyard produce on the kitchen table.According to University of Nevada Cooperative Extension horticulture expert JoAnne Skelly, late summer days with their cooler temperatures provide excellent growing conditions for many vegetables, including lettuces, chard, [...]
The gardens “We would like to introduce people to the Madrone Hospice Gardens,” hospice volunteer Jim Finses said recently. “The gardens are trying to welcome you in to the hospice. It’s all about the patients, and the gardens go into the overall quality for the patients here.” “The vegetable garden was started after the hospice [...]
By now, you may have noticed the lush vegetable garden beds outside the wrought iron fence surrounding Allen Centennial Gardens at Observatory and Babcock drives.A little white sign tucked in between the plants offers passersby this invitation:”Need a snack? Come over and have a bite. We’re showing space-saving ideas for vegetable patches and showing that [...]
August 6, 2011Virginia Beach jail inmates are expanding their vegetable garden, doubling its size to an acre.The Sheriff’s office said Friday they plan to that the current half-acre plot will be .. more …
Ithaca — Diseases affecting vegetables can be difficult to identify, especially for tomatoes, potatoes, and cucurbits. That identification can be made even more difficult when nonbiotic issues like drought and nutritional deficiencies occur.Fresh samples and color images will lead into a discussion of detection and identification, with possible control measures addressed at a workshop titled [...]
The vegetable garden at the Hanover Senior Center is more than just a thing of beauty.According to Council on Aging Director Robyn Mitton, the garden is a source of pride for the seniors who visit the center, as well as a source of fresh produce.”The vegetables sell out pretty quickly every day,” Mitton said, motioning [...]
Right now your vegetable garden is probably looking bedraggled and bug eaten. The squash and bean bugs have hatched multiple times and have taken over the garden. It’s time to hang it up and move on to other things and let nature take it’s course.If that is the way you feel, you are what I [...]
