Growing advice, seasonal how-tos, and recipes from master gardener Andy Wilcox. A new article lands here every week.
One often overlooked fall chore is sanitizing seed trays and storing them for the winter. Even if you don’t get true winter in your area, fall is still a great time to clean and organize your spring seed-starting...
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September 11, 2023
The summer garden is great. The bountiful harvests of tomatoes, cucumbers, and fresh herbs are so good that it’s easy to eat it all fresh. And if you can’t quite eat...
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August 31, 2023
Once you have a couple of growing seasons under your belt, it’s time to turn your attention to cover cropping. Cover crops are a group of grasses, legumes, and other plants...
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August 28, 2023
Are you sprouting? If you’re not, you should start. ASAP. Sprouting seeds at home is a simple and cost-effective way to add nutritious greens to your diet—and all you need to...
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August 17, 2023
Mulching has many benefits: primarily, it helps the soil retain moisture so that heat and drought don’t damage plants as much. But mulch is just as useful in the winter since...
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August 9, 2023
Fall gardening is just as enjoyable as summer gardening, if not more so, since the weather is significantly more bearable. The days are cooler and it rains more frequently—meaning that you...
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July 31, 2023
Preserving food from the garden is a great way to reduce food waste and enjoy nutritious homegrown produce year-round. It also has the added benefit of reducing food miles, plus is...
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July 24, 2023
Most of us are familiar with canning, even if you don’t know how to do the process yourself (stay tuned next week for more food preservation techniques like canning and pickling)...
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July 18, 2023
So when is the perfect time to harvest squash? It depends. Generally, you want to harvest summer squash throughout the summer—whenever the fruits are about six inches long. Winter squash, on...
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