Cameron Jenkins 
Have you gone into your garden on a hot summer’s day and found your once-perfect broccoli has suddenly shot up scraggly stems that have started to flower? If so, then your broccoli has bolted, where they start growing tall and flowering can occur early on instead of growing larger heads …
One of the most exciting parts of gardening is flipping through seed catalogues in the winter and finding new vegetables to grow. As you will quickly discover, a carrot is not “just a carrot” but there are numerous varieties to choose from. There are 5 types of carrots: Nantes, Imperator, …
Peppers are a heat-loving tropical plant that, unfortunately, don’t always grow as fast we hope. You might be getting particularly worried as your long-season hot peppers are not maturing and the first fall frost is quickly approaching. Or maybe your peppers are just growing slowly and you don’t know why. …
Are you patiently waiting for your tomato plants to grow, but nothing seems to be happening? If you’ve been noticing that your tomato plants are not growing as quickly as they should be, there’s a reason for it. Tomatoes are a tropical warm-season plant with very particular needs. Most tomato …
Do you wake up in the morning and discover holes in your pepper plants? Or worse yet, do you find entire plants completely devoured by some unseen night prowler? Sometimes, it is a challenge to keep your peppers safe until YOU are ready to eat them. Unfortunately, there are many …
Zucchinis are an easy plant to grow in most climates. Sometimes, however, the typically dark green leaves will turn yellow and start dying. This is a clear indication that something is wrong with your plant. A healthy zucchini plant will create chlorophyll, which is what makes the leaves the rich …
Beets are a cool-season root vegetable that have been eaten since antiquity. They are an easy vegetable to grow and are a great addition to any vegetable garden. (Even if your family does not like the taste of beets, the health benefits will not be wasted on your family dog). …
Beets are a very easy vegetable to grow, but a common question is when are beets ready to harvest. Because beets grow underground, you cannot see their progress and it is often difficult to determine how mature they are. If you take them out too early, you risk pulling small …
