Pest Patrol

Plant returning vegetables for early spring harvests

During our last discussion, we talked about perennials come back year after year. But there are a fair number of vegetables that produce without any help from us. Consider growing these returning vegetables to make gardening even easier. Hardy greens are returning vegetables One of my all-time favorite hearty vegetables is spinach. If it is ...

When mice change the way you grow potatoes

For years I’ve been an advocate of planting potatoes in a shallow trench and covering them with straw instead of hilling them with soil. But after this year, I am rethinking my strategy. I had some of the nicest plants ever. But, I lost close to one-quarter of the harvest because mice chewed on the ...