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Bring on the winter season
Fall’s first frost — usually a mid-October event in my adopted central Illinois — waited until the last possible monthly moment — deep into Halloween night — to finally show winter’s white face.
Pumpkin diseases severe this year
Fungal diseases could result in slim pickings for customers looking for a pumpkin to carve for Halloween this year.
Hot Weather Meals: Give Them a Toss
If there’s one food that really captures the essence of summer, it’s salad. All kinds of beautiful, ripe produce are overflowing from gardens and orchards. When fruits and vegetables are at the peak of their season, there’s no need to do anything fancy. Just tumble them into a salad bowl and enjoy in their raw,
Destroy lanternfly egg masses now
New research suggests that several oil-based insecticides can be effective in destroying spotted lanternfly egg masses when applied before they hatch.
Get more from your garden this year
MAXWELL, Calif. — When spring finally arrives, it’s always exciting to get those first seeds safely tucked into the ground. But don’t put away your gardening gloves too soon. You can get much more out of your garden space by using a technique called succession planting — planting a small amount of seeds and then
Select seeds for performance, grow your best garden
If you want to grow your best garden ever, select seeds for performance traits. Start by looking for varieties well-suited to your region.
Stark County Jail inmates are giving back, one vegetable at a time
An innovative gardening program is launched at Stark County Jail with the hopes of helping those in need.
Here comes the neighborhood
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt wonders if a tree falls in the forest with nobody around, can a Starbucks, two video stores and a housing development be built before anyone hears it?
Tips for growing the best tomatoes
Eric Keller offers some tips for growing better tomatoes and increasing production in a vegetable garden.
Thanksgiving menu stuffed with healthy choices
From the main course to dessert, the traditional Thanksgiving meal is stuffed with healthy food choices, particularly those rich in disease-fighting antioxidants.
