
Planning Your Succession Vegetable Garden
The vegetable garden is another good place to plan ahead. This month draw a diagram of your vegetable garden …
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The vegetable garden is another good place to plan ahead. This month draw a diagram of your vegetable garden …
As with the vegetable garden, if you make a plan for pruning and fertilizing your trees and shrubs it’s …
Here in Carteret County, we mostly grow warm season grasses. It’s important to give them a good start in …
There were a lot of fresh-cut trees sold this year as Christmas trees and now that the holidays are …
Broccoli Brassica oleracea (Italica Group) ‘’Di Cicco’ is an excellent heirloom variety originating from Italy that produces numerous small to medium …
Butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa) produces small heads which are perfect for salads or sandwiches with their soft, green, sweet, …
These Carrots Daucus carota subsp. sativus ‘Calliope Blend’ are a beautiful multi-colored variety with a crisp texture and softer inside. …
Hopefully, the lawn has stopped growing by now and gone completely dormant. There may be a little bit of …
Most trees and shrubs have gone dormant for the winter. Whether they are evergreen or deciduous, there is very …
There isn’t anything to plant in the garden this month, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to do …
Eastern Purple Coneflower is a herbaceous, drought tolerant perennial plant in the daisy family that is attractive to many …
I’ve already seen a lot of hedging taking place on many shrubs around town. My personal opinion is that …