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Sweet potato harvest. (Adobe Stock │ #477005217 - zhang yongxin)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Can you dig sweet potatoes?

The first frost of fall is approaching, and it’s time to think about harvesting your sweet potato crop. Read More

Man using a spade in the garden. (iStock │ #168614024 - nicolamargaret)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Time to take plants indoors

Yellow black-eyed susans, Rudbeckia hirta, flowering in a summer garden. (Adobe Stock │ #335345123 - AngieC)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Increase flower power by dividing overgrown perennials



Woman watering plants outside in summer. (Adobe Stock │ #164543729 - Kalim)

Too much moisture can hinder root development

Poppy field at sunset in the Harz Mountains. (Adobe Stock │ #113470453 - ohenze)

Poppy: Remembrance of fallen heroes

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Red cabbage. Photo courtesy National Garden Bureau.

March is the time to plant hardy, heady, healthy cabbage and kale

Broom from green mistletoe (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #241283907 - arybickii)

Deck the halls with proper caution

Half and slice butternut squash in a bowl for cooking (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #301505120 - nungning20)

Squash: Always the bridesmaid, never the bride at Thanksgiving

PARTNER CONTENT Raking fallen leaves in the garden (Photo: iStock - Zbynek Pospisil)

Mow or compost leaves for best results

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Pumpkin: An ancient vegetable still in vogue today

Mums take center stage when summer flowers take a bow