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Root for Root Crops
I’ve been harvesting carrots for soup. Carrots are one of the last crops that mature in my vegetable garden. Cold…
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Cabbage
“But always, to her, cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and porphyry. Life has no weapons against a…
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Delightful Daylilies
I finally got a chance recently to visit the historic daylily garden at the Ogden Historical Society’s Colby-Pulver House. Despite…
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Lots of foliar disease out there this growing season
The heavy rains early in our growing season may be a distant memory, but the effects of all that moisture…
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Corn, glorious corn
August is in full swing and with it the harvest season. For gardeners and lovers of locally grown produce, August…
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Hot weather watering myth
There are many myths about gardening practices, and as you work your way through the warm and dry spells of…
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Growing Lavender
Lavender is an easy care perennial herb which adds beauty and scent to border beds, rock gardens and herb gardens.…
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Sycamore anthracnose effects trees; Daylily Garden Dedication planned
You may have noticed how sickly looking many American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) trees are this year. The trees do not…
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Climate change in your garden and an easy care native perennial to try
Every growing season has its own special challenges: Sometimes it’s hot and dry conditions; sometimes it’s a new plant disease…
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Invasive species update; Genetics and tomato flavor
The spotted lanternfly has been at the center of much attention recently. The colorful invasive pest which is native to…
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