Horticulture

Salad plantation in a square garden at springtime, and some tomato plantation and flowers. (Photo: iStock - NCAImages)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

How much sun do I get? A guide to sunlight assessment in the garden

Understanding the amount of sunlight your garden receives is crucial for successful plant growth and landscape design. Read More

Cucumbers (Photo: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Addressing problems when growing cucumbers

Professional gardener watering a tree he just planted. (Photo: iStock - oscarcwilliams)
Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors, Water

Cut the cost of watering trees



Woman feeling relaxed gardening in her garden (Photo: iStock - Dejan_Dundjerski)

Ready or not: It’s time to plant the fall vegetable garden

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
Installing weed control fabric material and bark mulch in a residential garden to control weed spreading (Photo: iStock - brebca)

Gardens will thank you very ‘mulch’ during summer heat

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
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