Warm Season Gardening

Because a vegetable needs either warm or cool weather, crops sort themselves into two distinct categories: cool season (for spring and fall) and warm season (for summer). Planting in the proper season is the first step to a bountiful garden. … Continue reading →

In summer herb gardeners get a delicious payoff for all our efforts. Oddly enough, this is where some gardeners become timid, unsure what to do next because the plants are so full and beautiful, you hardly want to trim them. … Continue reading →

When it doesn’t rain enough, turn on the spigot. Veggies need water to produce, especially in this hot weather. Tomatoes are especially unforgiving if they dry out. Going from dry to wet and back again creates problems like blossom-end rot, … Continue reading →

Use this harvest guide to recognize when your beans, tomatoes, squash, and other summer vegetables are at the peak of flavor. Beans You may pick snap beans when they are very young and serve them as baby snap beans, or … Continue reading →

Want to bite into your first homegrown tomato soon? Here are three easy ways to speed the harvest. Normally, tomatoes are planted at least two weeks after the last frost, but with steps 2 and 3, you can cheat the … Continue reading →

All these things add up to great water savings that can keep your garden going in dry times. Remember that vegetables are about 90% water. No water, no harvest! Soaker hoses put water where you want it. Lay out a soaker … Continue reading →

Read these great ideas from some of your fellow Bonnie gardeners dealing with drought. Plastic Mulch in Black, Green, or Red I mulch the garden at spring planting with black, green, and red plastic mulch, depending on the plants I … Continue reading →

Keep pinching flowers from basil when they appear. In areas with a long growing season, you can refresh plants by trimming the tips and fertilizing with a fish emulsion or 20-20-20 diluted according to label directions. If you let the … Continue reading →