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?

Watering a garden bed with watering can. (Adobe Stock │ #526862504 - Valerii Honcharuk)

How to brace the garden to resist heat stress

Lawn closeup (K-State Research and Extension)

Now’s the time to fertilize warm-season grasses in Kansas

  • By K-State Research and Extension news service
Ripe tomatoes in garden ready to harvest. (Adobe Stock │ #139074198 - Dusan Kostic)

Tomato Talk: Stake plants to keep fruit off ground, reduce risk of disease

  • By K-State Research and Extension news service
Fresh red organic vine ripened cherry tomatoes growing on an arched cattle panel trellis. (iStock │ #1384983524 - eurobanks)

Maximize garden space by growing vertically

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

Managing spring flowers and weeds

Crop rotation matters in the vegetable garden 

Man pours fertilizer into a drop spreader. (Adobe Stock │ #425345438 - knowlesgallery)

Lawn maintenance should start now