Make Room for Melons

There is nothing like a vine ripened melon picked right from your own garden. Bite into a slice of sweet juicy watermelon on a hot July day, smell the aroma of a vine ripe muskmelon, or savor a sweet honeydew or specialty melon you grew…

Fowl in the Garden: Some Pros and Cons of Each

By Brenda H. Reed Freelance Writer any of us who garden also raise chickens, guineas, ducks, geese and turkeys. These fowl can help us by eating the insects from our gardens, flower gardens as well as vegetable gardens can benefit from them. The key to…

Holiday Pumpkins

Perhaps you have been encouraged by your kids, grandkids or just the kid in you to try your hand at raising holiday pumpkins – either for Halloween or Thanksgiving – in your garden but were afraid to try. Don’t despair. Growing those holiday pumpkins is…