The Year of the Squash Vine Borer

Who can’t grow squash? The prevailing attitude is that you plant your squash, turn and run before it overtakes you, and retreat to the kitchen to concoct increasingly unconventional recipes to use up the overwhelming quantity of squash produced. Neighbors cross...

When Life Gives You Squash

Hey, that looks like a pretty healthy butternut squash! What’s the problem? Why is it in the flops?Because it was supposed to be potatoes and it’s . . . not.T.L.

The Leaning Trellis of Tomatoes

Whoa! I’m almost used to it now, since I know it isn’t about to break. It has looked exactly like this for months now. I thought I had such a sturdy trellis for my tomato plants–before they actually started to grow up on to it. I don’t know...

Seed Packet Bookmarks

At this time of the year, I have all kinds of shredded paper sticking out of my favorite gardening books and a bunch of full size seed packets with a millimeter of seed inside. Messy! How to Get a Free Bookmark with Seed Purchase 1. Bang chosen packet on its noggin to...