Question: How do I tell when winter squash is ready for harvest?
Answer: Yum! Winter squash dining will soon be upon us! If you were smart enough to grow your own, here are some h ...
If you think all herbal remedies are safe and effective — not so. Or that you should prune only in winter — also wrong.
These misconceptions are among many others that Placer ...
Question: I am someone whose eyes are too large for her planting area and I sometimes can’t figure out where to put my plant purchases. Time passes and I often forget to water th ...
Question: Upon returning from my vacation, I found one of my tomato plants decimated ? no leaves, just the fruit and the leaf skeletons remaining. My neighbor advised that he had p ...
Question: I have a backyard vegetable garden, which I am trying to grow organically. As a means of controlling insect attacks, I have been told to introduce plants that attract pre ...
Question: I?ve failed with delphiniums in the past. Are there tricks to growing them well? And I am wondering if you can steer me to some colorful drought-tolerant annuals.
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It?s prime bloom time in the foothills and this weekend?s Master Gardeners? Mother?s Day tour will showcase some of the area?s most spectacular landscapes.
Six gardens will be ope ...
Question: How can I prepare an area for my summer vegetable garden?
Answer: The first thing you want to do is remove any weeds, preferably before they go to seed so that you?ll ha ...
Question: I want to do more food preservation this year. I was a newbie food preserver this past summer and I found that my garden didn’t seem to be as productive as I needed for ...
Kale, mustard greens, Swiss chard, collard greens, arugula, lettuce — they’re good for you and easy to grow
Traditionally planted in the early fall for winter harvest, they’ ...
