Posts Tagged: crop rotation
More about Tomatoes!
By Cindy Watter, UC Master Gardener of Napa County The crown jewel of summer's edible...
Tomato on the vine. (Shalev Cohen on unsplash.com)
Small and large tomatoes. (pexels.com)
Sungold tomato. (ucanr.edu)
Bodacious tomato. (reponim.com)
Gardener's Delight tomato.(organiccatalogue.com)
Be -sure- soil temp is 60 or above before planting. (blog.winchester.com)
For container growing, choose determinate.varieties. (hubpages.com)
Crop rotation. (whittierfertilizer.com)
Make them or buy them, make sure they are very sturdy. (balconygardenweb.com)
Tomato variety. (rezel-apacionado on unsplash)
A Garden Journal Can Be A Useful Tool
Do you keep notes on how your garden performs each year to help you remember what is working well...
Getting Ready for Fall Now!
By Denise Seghesio Levine, U.C. Master Gardener of Napa County Even if you are busy...
Sketch what's growing now in order to plan your fall garden. (Mother Earth News Garden Planner)
Napa Valley autumn. By the time the valley looks like this, winter vegetables should be in the ground. (Wikimedia Commons)
Philadelphus, plenty of species of this pretty landscape plant. (Proven Winners)
Hostas. (Eden Brothers)
Foxglove, find a place for these. (Park Seed)
Basic crop rotation. (The Seasonal Homestead)
Peas and favas cover crop. (GrowVeg.com)
Wildflowers, find room for these, too. (Coastal California, Eden Brothers)
Wnter veg harvest. (cagardenweb.ucanr.edu)
Vegetable Planning Calendar. (Urban Farmer)
Broccoli, winter treat from the garden. (Goodnet.org)
Bumpy pepper plant leaves (eXtension.org)
Why This Corn Pest May Lose Its Nickname of 'Billion-Dollar Beetle'
The Western corn rootworm, known as “the billion-dollar beetle” because its...
A cornfield in Franklin, Pa. (Photo by Fishhawk of Flickr, Creative Commons)
Corn rootworm adult feeding on silk. (Photo by Sarah Zukoff)
Corn rootworm damage. (Photo by Keith Waldron)
Garden Record-Keeping
by Pat Hitchcock The other day somebody complimented me on my “beautiful” gardening...