Growing tips

Why does cilantro bolt?

It seems like cilantro should be an easy herb to grow. It sprouts up quickly from seed, it grows, and then… it bolts! What happened?

The beginning of March = the beginning of tomato plantings for us.

Here are some favorite sun-loving perennials

There are flowering perennials that love shady and half-shady areas. You do not have to give up blooms to populate those shady areas in your garden.

Perennials usually have a shorter bloom period, anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months, but they reward you by not having to be re-planted each year.

It seems like your garden gets inundated with the pesky insects overnight. Learn how to encourage the good insects and deter the bad ones.

Do you ever do something because, why not? For fun, we planted some gladiolus bulbs in one of the heated tunnels.

You ask a simple question, and the answer is…it depends.

Strawberries are a classic fruit for a reason. Loved by almost everyone, fabulous flavor fresh or in pie or in jam, strawberries are highly desired.

Sometimes weather and procrastination seem to conspire against you and the tulips that should have been planted 2 months ago… weren’t