Autumn Leaves: ‘Miracle Mulch’ For Your Spring Garden

Kale with huge holes in the leaves. Squash plants missing large sections of stem. Flowers with their petals missing. Insect garden pests can do all these things and more to your precious plants, and by [ … ]

For gardeners who just can’t stand to keep their hands out of the soil for any length of time, growing food indoors in containers can be a great pastime during the winter months. Green beans [ … ]

Melons have been enjoyed for more than 4,000 years. They originated in the hot valleys of southwest Asia, specifically in India and Iran. Early American settlers grew honeydew and casaba melons from seed brought with them from home as early as the 1600s. The first mention of melons in recorded history was found in John Ayto’s Dictionary of Word Origins in 1395. It suggests that the word was derived from the word Melos (the Greek Cyclades Islands, best known for… [ … ]