Cameron Jenkins 
Do you ever wonder why sometimes your tomatoes thrive, and other times they don’t do so hot? One reason could be your soil’s pH. Tomatoes are an acid-loving plant, and having the right soil acidity will have a huge impact on the performance of your tomato plants. Tomatoes grow best …
So, you have just built your raised garden bed and now you are ready to fill it and start growing. But what should you put on the bottom? Your raised bed can be part of your garden for years to come, so it is important to start off on the …
As the July sun blazes down, you often think that planting is done for the year, but July is definitely not too late to plant garden vegetables and ornamentals, in fact the heat of summer can be a great time to sow a new crops as we make the most of …
As fall approaches, many of us watch with trepidation as our vines are loaded with green tomatoes that are slowly ripening. Especially in northern climates, it is often difficult to squeeze a decent tomato harvest into the short season. In most cases, tomatoes are slow to ripen on the vine …
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 …
