Learn what to look for and how to maintain backyard gardens, porch plants, and landscapes during the summer months. (Photo by Ken Johnson, Illinois Extension)

Tips for getting landscape plants through summer

Keep the heat out of your kitchen this summer with these grilled Chicken Skewers. (Family Features)

Take dinner outdoors with grilled chicken skewers

Heat in summer with high temperature and lack of water. (Adobe Stock │ #442377302 - Wolfilser)

Impact of excessive farm heat on people and produce

  • By Alex Van Alstyne │ Iowa State University Extension
Hand pollination flower with brush. (iStock │ #133833585 - DLeonis)

In the garden: Why is my crop not producing fruit?

Grandma's Humdinger Chocolate Chip Cookies (Culinary.net)

Classic chocolate chip cookies

Cracking of a tomato as a result of excess moisture, overheating of a vegetable or an overdose of fertilizers, on a bush close-up. Crop loss. Problems of agriculture, tomato disease. (iStock │ #1340725845 - Lyubov Kulikova)

Tomato cracking: is it preventable?

Happy mother and daughter reading a book. (Adobe Stock │ #454726100 - Syda Productions)

Help children avoid learning loss this summer

  • By Barbara Dunn Swanson │ Iowa State University Extension
Happy woman on the sunset in nature in winter with arm raised and open hand. (Adobe Stock │ #389782088 - Monster Ztudio)

Nurturing your soul is essential for mental health