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How to Protect Strawberry Plants in Winter | Winterize Your Patch with Straw Mulch

How to Protect Strawberry Plants in Winter | Winterize Your Patch with Straw Mulch Winterizing your strawberry patch with mulch can help protect your plants from extreme cold temperatures and ensure a healthy harvest next spring. One simple and effective way to do this is by using straw mulch. Here's how to get started:

Keep Apples Fresh Longer - Proper Storage for Your Apple Harvest

Keep Apples Fresh Longer - Proper Storage for Your Apple Harvest Make the most out of your crop by storing your apples properly. With the right conditions, apples can remain fresh for months – in some cases even up to a year! It starts with choosing a variety that stores well and then harvesting and storing with care. Even without a root cellar, apples can remain fresh for a surprisingly long time!

How to Know When Apples are Ready to Pick

How to Know When Apples are Ready to Pick Knowing when apples are ripe may be easier than you think! Follow these simple steps to know when it's time to harvest apples from your fruit tree.

How to Know When to Harvest Hardneck Garlic

How to Know When to Harvest Hardneck Garlic How do you get two harvests out of your garlic? Plant a hardneck variety! Well-loved for their scapes, hardneck garlic bulbs put off a tasty garlic "shoot" in the early summer that can be harvested and used to add flavor to many dishes.

Mowing Strawberry Plants

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 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

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!

Quick Tip to Make Your Cherry Harvest Last Longer

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

Walt Disney's Favorite Apple Tree

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

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.