The reason cucumbers, squash, muskmelons and watermelons should not be grown near each other is that they are all…
Bunching onions are very popular and can be expensive to buy. Fortunately, they are easy to grow and take up very little…
Raised beds are becoming more popular, but do they make sense for the garden? What benefits do they provide? Will they grow…
Lots of people are looking to buy organic seeds but as a chemist this has never made any sense to me. I started asking people…
Garlic is one of the easiest vegetables to grow in the home garden, and if you grow too much, it easily keeps all winter…
Blossom End Rot (BER) is a disfiguration found in fruiting vegetables, like tomatoes, peppers, watermelons, egg plants and…
Companion planting is a standard recommendation for growing vegetables. One of the most commonly recommended plants for this…
The idea of square foot gardening has become popular over the last few years and some of the underlying concepts of the this…
A local gardening group was touring a greenhouse operation that grew tomatoes. The tour guide told the visitors that they…