Tag: gardening
Herb gardens give many benefits
NEW YORK -- Many people cultivate gardens both inside and outside of their homes, with a focus on adding aesthetic appeal to their property....
Your lawn can have a professional look with well-defined edges
NEW YORK -- Edging a lawn is a springtime rite of passage for many homeowners. When winter has come and gone, many lawns are...
YNDC accepting applications for gardener training
YOUNGSTOWN -- Interested in growing produce for sale? Youngstown residents are eligible to participate in the Market Gardener Training Program (MGTP), which will be...
When the grass isn’t greener on other side
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Worries about Pennsylvania facing a severe drought seem to have faded with recent rainstorms, but the question of how to...
How to: Prune your hedges properly
Jeff Rugg answers a question about how to properly trim a hedge.
Square foot gardening can be fruitful
A funny, but prompting, story. My parents only live two houses away from me and my Dad puts out the most beautiful vegetable garden...
Try growing forgotten foods
n 2011 Blackberry Meadows Farm started Heritage Seed Co., the first and only seed bank in the southwestern Pennsylvania region focusing on providing local growers with seeds for heirloom varieties of plants native to the region.
New plant hardiness zone map released
WASHINGTON -- The USDA recently released the new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, updating a useful tool for gardners and researchers for the first time since 1990 with greater accuracy and detail.
Adding wood ash to your garden can be beneficial
Because wood ash has a fine particle size, it reacts rapidly and blends completely into the soil. Although small amounts of nutrients are applied with wood ash, the main effect is that of a liming agent.
