Q: I saw your YouTube short video that gave a couple of tips on buying and planting grafted tomatoes, but I don’t understand why you would graft two tomato plants together. It seems like they would be very expensive, and I don’t see any benefit. A: There are two types of grafted vegetables. First, you…
The Art of Companion Planting, Part 2: Vegetables and Herbs
Think of your garden as a family, and plant it similarly to seating guests at a Thanksgiving dinner (which will hopefully feature some of your fall harvest!). You can seat Aunt Samantha anywhere and she’ll liven up the table. You want to put Aunt Olivia near the nieces she never gets to see so they…
Try New Vegetables and Popcorn
Tomatoes, peppers, and a few other vegetables are planted in every garden. Try to find at least one new vegetable for your garden each year. You may find a new favorite. For instance, you could try a melon that looks and tastes like a cucumber. It may even be better than a cucumber for the…
The Art of Companion Planting, Part 1: Flowers
No plant is an island. The right companion plants can increase yields, keep bugs away, and more. Conversely, the wrong plants can stunt, or even ruin, a crop. One of the best things about companion planting is that it can be as simple or complex as you want it to be. One of the most…
Study of 70 Household Spices Found Lead in Every Sample
April 23, 2023
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An Australian study of 12 different brands of popular dried herbs and spices stocked on supermarket shelves revealed that all samples had traces of heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, antimony, cadmium, and mercury. A 2021 U.S. consumer data advocate’s analysis of 126 herbs and spices discovered that roughly one-third of the tested products had significant…
What Do I Need to Know About Tree Removal?
By Paul F. P. Pogue From Ask Angi Removing a tree is rarely a decision you make lightly. Maybe a tree has been slowly dying over the years; maybe an overnight storm took out one of your favorites, or perhaps you want to change the look of your yard. Whatever the case, removing a tree…
Earth Day Tips
Earth Day is April 22. How earth-friendly are your landscape maintenance practices? You can make your landscape a friendlier place through a few small changes. All of the plants in your landscape would benefit from better soil. Except for desert regions, adding compost to planting beds will make our plants healthier. A thin coat of…
How to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden
Don’t be so quick to shoo that bee away. Virtually all seeds need to be pollinated; happily, there are insects and wildlife ready to help. The USDA reports that there are more than 3,500 species of bees alone increasing crop yields, and it estimates that one out of every three bites of food we eat exists…
This Twin Cities Guru Is Changing How We Look at Gardening
By Nancy Ngo From Star Tribune (Minneapolis) A fifth-generation gardener from Bailey Nurseries takes a make-it-fun approach. Minneapolis—Are you a Martha, a Kelly or a Tommy? Garden guru Ryan McEnaney uses those three gardening personalities (based on real people) to help you determine your gardening style. McEnaney, a member of the fifth generation working at…
Saving Your Own Seeds
My corn is a thousand years old. So are the heirloom beans I use for red beans and rice, the Friday school lunch staple I grew up with. I have garlic that’s 30 years old, winter squash that’s 20, a lima bean that produces perennial plants, and a lovely, ancient lavender purple bean from the…
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