If your area experiences a particularly cold winter, fig trees planted outdoors may die back to the ground. If the tree is of a hardy variety, its belowground areas will likely be unaffected. Remove all dead wood while the tree is still dormant, and watch for new growth in the spring. T...
and the flowers bloom in late winter or early spring. (They are theMarch birth flower, after all!) Most daffodils grow easily in most regions of North America, except in the hottest, wettest areas, such as South Florida.
Central & South American EarthBox® Garden: Spice up your garden with a variety of popular peppers so hot they’ll make you the coolest gardener on the block: Poblano (ancho chili), Anaheim, Serrano, Jalapeño (chipotle chili), Cayenne, Habanero, Aji Rojo, or Chilaca (Pasilla). Additio...
It's a tough, old-fashioned plant that's been around forever. It's evergreen here in the South, grows rapidly, and requires little care. It will get tall and bushy rather quickly, particularly if you keep it pruned. Ligustrum, sometimes called privet, will grow in part shade and full...
The ideal companion plant can be harvested, providing a direct economic return to the farmer [2] in addition to the indirect value in protecting the target crop. However, “sacrificial” companion plants which themselves provide no economic return can be useful when their economic ben...
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I’m making another batch right now that’s heavy onmoringaleaves, which ought to be very good for the garden and field crops. Once you let it ferment for a couple of weeks, then you just dip out what you need with a watering can and water away. That’s what I did with the corn...
This has nothing to do with unwanted vegetation rising out of the ground and causing havoc in your garden or lawn.
ecological health of your garden, thanks to their ability to prevent erosion, generate microbial activity in the soil, attract a host of pollinators and provide habitat. Each of these species thrives in full sun to part shade, adapts to a range of soils and takes stressful conditions in ...
In practice in South Florida we have found that to raise 15 to 20 different crops of vegetables in growing seasons that range from around 30 to 70 days year round, we plant different crops very frequently, hence flexibility is crucial. For vegetables alone we use about six to eight different...