I got an email from a reader years ago in April about a sunny site with a recurring weed problem. “I used some chemicals a few years prior and got rid of them.” The bad news was that weeds from the ...

Annette MaCoy, Penn State Master Gardener, Franklin County Penn State Extension and the Penn State Agricultural Analytical ...

Transform your kitchen waste into garden gold by utilizing fruit and vegetable peels. Orange peels enrich compost and deter ...

Common garden beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) are pole bean or bush varieties. "The plants in this family have pea-like pods," ...

Sewage expansion on the island has been slow, but not totally absent. The Forge River Wastewater Treatment Plant opened in ...

Some activists champion turning lawns into vegetable gardens. That’s fine. I’ve sometimes recommended it myself. But lawns ...

This is the month most container flowers are planted to accent homes, draw attention to front doors or away from unsightly ...

A "no dig" garden is created by layering organic materials to create loamy soil that is ready for planting. Learn how to ...

Some plants don't make good neighbors for cucumbers. We'll tell you which fruits, herbs, and vegetables should not be planted ...

When healthy shrubs and flowers turn yellow, wilt, and die, root rot may be the cause. Here are more signs of root rot and ...

As the Grand Valley’s population grows and its farming community shrinks, agricultural burning becomes a more contentious ...

Every bag of fertilizer has three numbers on the front of the packaging. Those numbers are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium ...