It’s time! If you haven’t done so already, it’s time to plant your cool season crops. You local garden centers are stocked with seedlings: lettuce, broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and more! And, YES! – brussels sprouts can be grown in Utah. Avoid the temptation to plant tomatoes and other warm season crops. Wait until after Mother’s Day.
Here is a list of 10 perennials that are water wise and fall-flowering. They will provide color in your drought tolerant garden in late summer and fall. Keep the spent flowers trimmed off (deadheading) and they will bloom right up until the first frost – sometime in October or early November.
Now is the time to plant garlic here on the Wasatch Front. Check out this post I wrote about garlic for information about growing garlic, where to get it and how to plant it. The good news is – garlic grows very well here and it is easy! Garlic will thrive with a 1″ layer […]
Potatoes are easy and fun to grow! They do very well here in Utah. I have had success with various red potatoes and yukon golds. I have never tried russets. The time to plant potatoes on the Wasatch Front is April. By the end of June you might be able to harvest some small “new” […]
