Healthy soil leads to healthy plants! Keeping your vegetable garden supplied with sufficient nutrients will lead to vigorous growth, robust vegetation, and more produce. While fertilizing isn’t always ...

Slime mold is growing in my flower beds. It wraps around the bases of begonia plants and chokes them to death. I handpick the mold, but I would like to kill it. J.M., Hamilton In most cases, slime ...

Using organic liquid plant feeds is a natural way to deliver a boost of nutrients to specific plants at a particular time. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in ...

Growing your own tomatoes at home makes a big difference when it comes to flavor. There’s nothing quite like pulling a fresh tomato off the vine when it’s fully ripe, juicy and warmed by the sun.

I will assume that you used a high-quality growing medium for your containers and did not use garden soil. Garden soils will not drain properly, even if they are amended with compost when used in ...

Hot weather favors lawn diseases common here. Now is an optimum time for controlling lawn diseases before they in get into full swing. If your lawn had disease in the past, now is a good time to apply ...

I postponed applying fertilizer last month to my citrus and my roses because it was so hot but I know they need it. Is it OK to apply it now? We're only getting water once or twice a week and I try ...