Vegetable Gardening

We recommend that gardeners test their soil before planting to determine the amount of lime and fertilizers needed. Soil testing can be done through a...

Introduction<br /> <br /> Gardeners can grow most annuals, biennials, and many herbaceous perennials from seed. Sowing seed is less expensive than b...

Woodchucks frequently damage plants in NH home grounds and gardens. They mow down many garden plants, and dig burrows which dry out the roots of trees...

The striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum, is one of the most devastating pests of cucurbits (cucumbers, summer and winter squashes, all types of...

Aphids, or plant lice, feed on most vegetable crops, many house plants and ornamentals grown in New Hampshire, as well as numerous weeds and wild plan...

1. Sanitation!<br /> <br /> • Start with a clean planting site, free of last year’s crop debris. Debris from the previous season’s crops may harbor ...

Although there are plenty of references on insect pests, there are relatively few references that feature beneficial insects. I wrote this publication...

<br /> Introduction <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Topsoil. It&#039;s arguably one the most precious stuff on earth, sustaining all land-dwelling an...

Introduction <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A garden mulch is any material spread on the soil surface to modify the environment where the plant is gr...

Animal manures and animal manure-based composts are rich in plant nutrients such as Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P) and Potassium (K) and provide organi...