PHOTO: 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

Juan Anciso, Ph.D., a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service vegetable specialist, Weslaco, offers three main tips to make it easier to pick a good, ripe watermelon this summer. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Three tips to pick out a sweet watermelon

  • By Mary Leigh Meyer │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Painted Flowers on Green Rain Barrel by Wood Fence (Photo: iStock - Matthew Fowler)

How to build a rain barrel

Tomatoes picked too soon will not ripen, but can be used for fried green tomatoes. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

How to store tomatoes

Lawn mower. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

Grass mowing season brings injuries

  • By Scott Heiberger & Melissa Ploeckelman │ Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Harvested ripe strawberry (Photo: Randall Vos - Iowa State University Extension & Outreach)

Yard and garden: Strawberry care

  • By Aaron J. Steil and Randall Vos │ Iowa State University Extension & Outreach
A wooden bucket full of wool after sheep shearing. (Photo: iStock - EnchantedFairy)

Wool: A natural bio-enhancement for gardens

Lawn closeup (K-State Research and Extension)

Higher temps, humidity make lawns more susceptible to brown patch

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension