Do you have extra space in your vegetable garden? Have your peas finished producing, your lettuce and other greens gone to seed, your radishes been harvested? Why not try planting a few late crops this year? Some plants that can be started in late summer include bush beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, endive, [Continue]
Have you seen black and yellow striped beetles crawling around the blossoms of your cucumbers, zucchini, squash, pumpkins and melons? They are cucumber beetles and along with chewing holes in your plants, they spread disease. The beetles lay small orange eggs at the base of the plants from April to June. The slender [Continue]
You planted that maple when your son was born. He climbed it when he was twelve and now you sit on a blanket beneath it with your grandchild. The willow was the first tree you and your spouse planted when you built your home. The stately oak was the reason you bought your property. [Continue]