Plant cabbage six to eight weeks before your first frost to give it time to mature in cooler temps for sweeter heads. Keep soil moist, fertilize biweekly, and watch for pests like aphids or worms to ...

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The heat may beckon you indoors but resist to the urge to loaf because July chores lead to big rewards. July, with its hot weather, is not the most pleasant time of year to be doing chores in the food ...

Mid-summer is the time to prepare for a fall vegetable garden. July and August are ideal for starting seeds indoors for broccoli, cabbage, leafy greens, and even cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.

The heat of July makes it difficult to realize that fall gardening activities are not too far away. The sunny, warm days and cool nights associated with a typical Missouri fall provide ideal growing ...

For those of us who like to start our own seeds indoors, it seems like there is always something on the schedule. It feels like I just got the last of my spring plants hardened off and set out, and ...

Any tomatoes currently on the plant as summer winds down are likely to ripen nicely in the next month or so. Current blossoms, however, may lead to good tomatoes, mealy tasteless tomatoes or none at ...

Are you a gardener or crop-grower? A recent study shows the most popular crops in each state. South Carolina’s most popular vegetable is a fall harvest crop. Its growing season begins in September ...