Cynthia Domenghini

Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Lacey Vilhauer, Outdoors, Soil Health, Women In Ag

Crop rotation matters in the vegetable garden 

Crop rotation for annual vegetables can reduce disease and pest pressure, improve soil health and boost overall crop production. Read More

Man pours fertilizer into a drop spreader. (Adobe Stock │ #425345438 - knowlesgallery)
Home and Family, Outdoors

Lawn maintenance should start now

Farmer is transplanting tomato seedlings in the vegetable garden. (Adobe Stock │ #434505268 - triocean)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Transplants are ready for the garden



Crabgrass is manually removed from a lawn. (iStock │ #115867077 - PICSUNV)

Lawn got you crabby? Time nears to apply preventers

Lawn mower cut grass. (Adobe Stock │ #358230287 - Zedspider)

Lawn calendar for cool-season grasses

Manual planting of potatoes in the ground. Early spring preparation for the garden season. (iStock │ #1459660565 - OLEKSANDR KOZACHOK)

Time to plant potatoes in Kansas

Growing rhubarb in home garden. (iStock │ #696048186 - Kati Finell)

March signals time to plant rhubarb

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Soil thermometer in soil of farm field. (iStock │ #2148452446 - JJ Gouin)

Soil temperature is important for germination in the garden

Tomatoes (Photo courtesy of ARS News Service.)

It’s February: Are you thinking about tomatoes… yet?

Check houseplants for fungus gnats

Greenhouse gardening, starting seedlings for summer homegrown vegetable gardens, spring season gardening activities. Photo concept, lifestyle background (Photo: Adobe Stock │ 417488465 - Kristin)

For spring gardens, start transplants now

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service