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Vegetable Gardening Growing Options

April is a great month to begin planting vegetables in the garden. It’s always a good idea to look at the long-range forecast to make sure there aren’t any mornings where the temperatures are…

Grow Your Own Vegetable Garden

When can I start planting my tomato plants? Why can't I get any squash from my squash plants? Why do my cabbage plants go straight to flowering rather than forming a head?If you've ever asked these…

Planting Summer Vegetables

Many of us think of gardening as growing fruits and vegetables. With that in mind, summer crops like cucumber, summer squash, tomato, pepper, and so many more that love to grow in the heat of the…

Getting the Vegetable Garden Going

As I mentioned earlier, it’s been cold or wet or both most weekends in February, so I haven’t had the chance to plant my vegetable garden yet. Now that there is an hour or so of sunlight when I get…

Vegetable Container Gardening

With food costs rising these days, it might be worth planting a few vegetables in a garden, the landscape, or possibly in containers. I don’t have much space for a garden in my little yard, so I put…

Free Event Backyard Food Gardening Feb 9

Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer Association of Carteret County will present their annual speaker program free to the public on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 10:00am at the Crystal Coast Civic…

Growing Heirloom Italian Broccoli

Broccoli Brassica oleracea (Italica Group) ‘'Di Cicco' is an excellent heirloom variety originating from Italy that produces numerous small to medium sized heads. In Carteret County, this variety can…

Hardening Off Plants & Planting Outdoors

Spring is here, the weather is getting consistently warmer every day, and our seedlings that were started several weeks ago are ready to be transplanted to the garden or a container. But wait—we…