Articles from The Growing Guide

Mowing Strawberry Plants When it's time to prune your strawberry patch, there are several options to consider for cutting back your strawberry plants. Andrew at the Howard Homestead utilized a push mower and bagger to prune his strawberry patch of 400 plants in less than 30 minutes!

Planting in Summer – Tips for Success Planting is not limited to the Spring! With a watchful eye, you can continue to fill out your garden with lush perennial plants and trees throughout the Summer and into Fall!

See this Nova Elderberry's Growth in Just 1 Year We planted this Nova Elderberry one year ago in our demonstration garden at Stark Bro's as a bare-root plant. It is thriving with very minimal care. Its gorgeous shrub-like attributes make this a candidate for berry patch or landscape!

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Quick Tip to Make Your Cherry Harvest Last Longer Here's a little quick tip on how to make your cherry harvest last longer!

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Walt Disney's Favorite Apple Tree Walt Disney's time living at his boyhood home and farm in Marceline, Missouri was said to be some of the most impactful years of his life. He loved his time spent outside under the canopy of his dreaming tree and having his feet under his mother Flora's dinner table, enjoying her famous Wolf River apple pie.

How to Control Armored Scale Insects Damage from armored scale insects can result in leaf drop or branch dieback, luckily these pests can be prevented and controlled.

Protecting Fruit Trees From Frost Damage Freezing temperatures can damage the flowers on the tree and any potential fruit production from those blooms could be lost. How much your harvest will suffer depends on how low temps get and for how long. It also depends on the stage of development.

Watch now - a video on how to plant an columnar apple in a large pot

Growing Columnar Apple Trees in a Container Columnar apple trees, sometimes also referred to as urban fruit trees, spires, or colonnades, are fantastic fruit trees for small space growing!

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When and How to Spray Dormant Oil Are you overwhelmed with the thought of spraying your fruit trees for pests and diseases? Let us help! Once you understand why and how to spray your fruit trees, this will become an easy routine every dormant season.

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Top 5 Fruits to Add to Your Landscape Have you thought about adding berry plants or fruit trees to your landscape? This is referred to by many as foodscaping. Taking your traditional landscape and turning it into a food-producing growing space is an idea taking gardeners by storm.