The good news is that there are simple steps you can take to avoid introducing and spreading plant diseases in your garden.
Category Archives: The Garden
Fall Gardening
This brief document addresses some of the trickiest challenges Kansas gardeners will face when gardening in the fall.
Top 10 Gardening Resources
Whether you are a seasoned green thumb or one of many who gardened for the first time this year, you’ll enjoy our readers’ favorite posts and resources.
A Brief Guide to 13 Common Garden Mulches
The pros, cons, and best application for popular mulches, organic and inorganic.
Top 10 Plants for Beginning Kitchen Gardeners
Rewarding vegetables and herbs that will have you looking like a green thumb in no time.
Black Gold Organic Potting Soil
For whatever reason, finding quality potting soil is very difficult anymore. Several years of use of this brand have yielded satisfactory results.
How to Prune Blackberries
A step-by-step guide to keeping blackberry plants strong, healthy, and productive.
Garden Soil Colors and What They Mean
Soil color can be a useful tool for evaluating a garden site. If you have dark brown or black soil, great! However, other colors will work with care.
Basic Principles of Breeding Heirloom Vegetables
Tips for raising vigorous seeds, whether your goal is to preserve a variety or to create a locally adapted strain.
What is Vermicompost?
How worms can work with microbes to improve your garden soil—fast.
