Horticulture

Utah State University Extension is bringing traditional indigo dyeing back into home gardens with a comprehensive three-part guide to growing, extracting, and dyeing with Japanese indigo. (USU Extension)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture

Reviving the dying art of home dyeing

USU Extension’s three-part series provides everything needed to cultivate and use Japanese indigo for plant-based dyeing. Read More

Farmer woman harvests carrots in the garden. (Adobe Stock │ #524560472 - Anna)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Carrots: how to grow it

Ag News, Editorials, Horticulture, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Opinion

Grow something this year 



Fresh red organic vine ripened cherry tomatoes growing on an arched cattle panel trellis. (iStock │ #1384983524 - eurobanks)

Maximize garden space by growing vertically

Vegetable box in the home garden. (Adobe Stock │ #359503128 - AHatmaker)

How to create a raised bed garden

Flower carpet of three colors of petunias - red, blue, white. (iStock │ #1412834885 - my own photos)

Red, white and blue for the green thumb

Red rose bushes close up. (Adobe Stock │ #322711510 - phpetrunina14)

Managing spring flowers and weeds

Mole in garden. (Adobe Stock │ #207769066 - Petr Bonek)

Moles on the move: Traps are most effective control method

Crop rotation matters in the vegetable garden 

Woman with freshly picked green pea pods peeling and eating peas in vegetable garden. (Photo: iStock - Valeriy_G)

Peas: how to grow it

Farmer is transplanting tomato seedlings in the vegetable garden. (Adobe Stock │ #434505268 - triocean)

Transplants are ready for the garden

  • By Cynthia Domenghini │ K-State Research and Extension