garden

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

Woman feeling relaxed gardening in her garden (Photo: iStock - Dejan_Dundjerski)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

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



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

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

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
A wooden bucket full of wool after sheep shearing. (Photo: iStock - EnchantedFairy)

Wool: A natural bio-enhancement for gardens

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

Early June peas: A culinary delight from the garden

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Digging in garden beds. Weeding weeds in the garden. (Photo: iStock - Anna Solovei)

June Gardening Tips and Checklist

  • By JayDee Gunnell | Utah State University Extension
Eggplant (Photo: Cindy Haynes)

Planting and Growing Eggplant

  • By Aaron J. Steil │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach