What you should plant now for fresh food at the Thanksgiving table. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Planting and grow sweet potatoes batata plant, yams By Radovan1,…
Fall Planting Prepares Your Garden for Spring
…grow new, healthy roots before they go dormant for the winter. Listen to Cathy Isom’s This Land of Ours program here. Fall Planting Prepares Your Garden for Spring Sponsored Content…
UC Cooperative Extension to Investigate Healthy Soil Practices with CDFA Grants
…project with Cardoza Farm, $100,000 Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, UCCE small farms advisor, Fresno and Tulare counties This project will demonstrate compost application, hedgerow planting, and application of mulch generated from cover crop…
How Far Apart Should You Plant Perennials?
…landscape. A little time and effort spent in proper planting will pay off in the future. If you are planting nursery-grown plants, refer to the label. The preferred spacing is…
Tricks to Keep Summer Gardens Looking Their Best: Northeast
…raised so that lawns can be cut higher. September is peony planting time. So this month you’ll want to order peony roots so that you’re guaranteed to have them in…
Plants that Rabbits Won’t Be Tempted to Nibble On
…way to keep these little nibblers away is by planting things they won’t want to eat. You can also use these plants as a natural fence to keep your yummy…
Soil Health Case Studies Provide Growers with Valuable Insight
…focus on the adoption of practices such as nutrient management, cover crop planting, compost application, and mulching. The case studies showed that the adoption of various soil health practices provided…
Best Late Season Tomato Varieties to Grow
…planting. They provide a nice bit of overlap with your main season tomatoes and fill the void left when your early-season tomatoes stop producing. Late season varieties are planted at…
What to Plant in Your Garden in the Month of August
…almost always be found on any list that cover late summer or early fall plantings. Cleome, or spider flowers, are typically annuals and are easy to find at garden nurseries,…
Several Factors Increasing Northern Pistachio Acreage, Including SGMA
…and said pistachio plantings are increasing exponentially in the Sacramento Valley. “When I first started this job six years ago, there were about 500 acres of pistachios in my tri-county region,”…
Farmers to Families Food Box Program Reaches 50 Million Boxes Delivered
…States: WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Flavor 1st owner Kirby Johnson: “I was actually planting green beans when this happened. A good friend called me about this program. I was going…
Fall Veggies You Should Plant in Your Garden Right Now
…in mid-August. In a couple weeks, start planting those seed beets, carrots, and beans. Around the second week of August, it will be time to transplant cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower…
Fast-Growing Veggies You Can Grow in Under Thirty Days
…planting the seed. Micro greens will crop up in about 10 days after planting. Turnip greens are lesser-known plants that grow in under 30 days as well. Listen to Cathy…
Adding Fragrance to Your Garden to Keep an Unwanted Critter Out
…buzzing around your patio and garden and they’re also a legitimate health concern. As an alternative to using unhealthy chemicals to control them, fight back by planting things that will…