Starting Seeds Indoors
These are my Aunt and Uncle. They are enthusiastic vegetable gardeners and they like to start seeds indoors in the…
Tag: vegetable gardening
Top 6 Easiest Vegetables To Grow In Utah
Ok, these are the no-brainers. Well, not exactly. You do need to tend them (watering, weeding, feed the soil, etc.)…
Warming Up The Soil In February For March Planting
I’ve been reading about using black plastic over the garden soil for a few weeks in February to warm it…
What Does “Germination” Mean?
Germination is “the development of a plant from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy”. In other words,…
Harvesting Parsnips
The single most important rule for harvesting parsnips: do not pull them before frost. Gardeners who harvest in September typically…
Aphids – Friend or Foe?
With the destruction they cause and how generally yucky they are, I would argue that aphids are certainly not our…
Planting Garlic In Utah – October Is The Time!
Most Utah gardeners treat October like it’s already too late to put anything in the ground. For garlic, that assumption…
Tomato Harvest !Time for pico de gallo!
Garden tomatoes hit their peak for roughly a two-week window each season. Miss it and you’re stuck with mealy, flavorless…
Late Summer – The Season For Powdery Mildew In Utah
Sorry to have to tell you this but powdery mildew is a problem during the more humid and rainy times…
How Do We Know When To Harvest Garlic?
On the Wasatch Front, we harvest garlic during the last week of June or the first week of July. A…