Extending the Growing Season

If your growing season seems disappointingly brief, consider extending it by installing a protective structure to shelter your plants and gardens.

Extending the Growing Season2022-07-10T20:01:58-05:00

Starting Seeds Indoors

If you’re like me, you’ve studied seed catalogs, visited garden centers, decided what to grow, and made your purchases. But it’s still too cold outside to plant. Now what? Time to start your seeds indoors.

Starting Seeds Indoors2023-03-11T11:06:13-06:00

Selecting Fruit and Vegetable Varieties

Though we’re months away from being able to harvest a tomato from the garden, now is a perfect time to select the fruits and vegetables that we’ll enjoy this summer.

Selecting Fruit and Vegetable Varieties2023-03-11T11:10:24-06:00

Clearweed

Also known as Canadian clearweed, coolwort, and richweed, clearweed (Pilea pumila) is found in the eastern and midwestern United States as well as Canada.

Clearweed2021-03-13T16:53:03-06:00

Plant ID Applications 

Ever been out for a walk and wondered: What is that gnarled tree, or bright flower, or spiky weed? Plant identification apps to the rescue!

Plant ID Applications 2021-03-13T16:58:54-06:00

Cup Plant-What’s in a name?

I had never heard of this plant and was really curious about its’ name. It is a native, resembles a common sunflower and can reach 8-10 ft.

Cup Plant-What’s in a name?2023-03-12T15:37:54-05:00

Don’t Eat This Type of Parsnip!

How is wild parsnip related to the vegetable that I love to sauté in butter? Like cultivated parsnips, its roots are edible. But wild parsnip’s sap can cause severe blisters and burns.

Don’t Eat This Type of Parsnip!2021-03-13T16:52:32-06:00
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