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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Okra ‘Cajun Delight’ Hybrid. (Abelmoschus esculentus ‘Cajun Delight’ Hybrid)

Karen August 22, 2011 1 Comments

Okra likes warm days and nights so it is traditionally associated with the South. It actually thrives in the heat and humidity there, pumping out pods even in the hottest…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Acorn Bush Squash ‘Table King’ (Cucurbita pepo ‘Table King’)

Karen August 15, 2011 0 Comments

Whether you bake it, grill it, or use it as a base for soup, acorn squash is a tasty vegetable. Growing them is easy but space can be a problem…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Tomato ‘Big Beef’ F1 (Lycopersicon esculentum ‘Big Beef’)

Karen August 8, 2011 0 Comments

Think about cooking up a hamburger on the outside grill and serving it with all fixings. Those big slices of tomato are probabably beefsteaks because they are the largest tomatoes…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Watermelon ‘Sweet Beauty’ (Citrullus lanatus ‘Sweet Beauty’ Hybrid)

Karen August 1, 2011 0 Comments

The hot days of summer are made so much more enjoyable by the cool refreshing taste of watermelon. And ‘Sweet Beauty’ , an All American Selection winner of 2004, is…

Garden Journal

Garden Journal: July, 2011

Karen July 31, 2011 0 Comments

High temperatures and lots of rain have made July a difficult month. The lawn if already filled with brown areas due to fungus, a significant number of roses have lost…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Lettuce ‘Red Sails’ (Lactuca sativa ‘Red Sails’)

Karen July 4, 2011 0 Comments

Growing lettuce is always successful if you start early in the season but bolting ultimately ends the lettuce crop in my garden as the summer heat rolls in. ‘Red Sails’,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bush Bean ‘Derby’ (Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Derby’)

Karen June 27, 2011 0 Comments

With round, straight, long pods, ‘Derby’ bush bean is a good choice for the home vegetable garden. The stringless pods are extra tender, flavorful and easy to pick. The seeds…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Cucumber ‘Fanfare’ (Cucumis sativus ‘Fanfare’)

Karen June 20, 2011 0 Comments

When you think about growing cucumber you should consider this All America Selection winner of 1994. The slender dark green, 8-9” long fruits are excellent slicers and are produced are…

Garden Basics

All America Selections; A useful Way of Identifying Outstanding Annuals and Vegetables

Karen June 7, 2011 6 Comments

Have you ever noticed the designation “All America Selections” or the logo (shown on the right) in a seed catalog or on a plant label? If you haven’t, you might…

Vegetable Garden

How To Build Tomato Cages

Chuck May 12, 2011 0 Comments

We have been growing tomatoes for many years and have tried just about every technique to keep them off the ground and supported. For a long time we used 6′…

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