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How to Plant Garlic

How to Plant Garlic Growing garlic is easy. It starts with a well-prepared planting site so that you can get the most out of your harvest. Find out more about growing garlic.

Planting & Growing Shallots

Planting & Growing Shallots Shallots are the "gourmet onion" with hints of garlic. Planting and growing shallots in your garden is easy and rewarding. Here's what we recommend.

How to Grow Great Sweet Potatoes

How to Grow Great Sweet Potatoes The trick to growing great sweet potatoes is to plan before you plant. Follow these recommendations for success in planting and harvesting sweet potatoes.

Pruning Fruit Trees: Central Leader

Pruning Fruit Trees: Central Leader The central leader/main leader structure is based on a fruit tree's natural upright growth form. Central leader pruning benefits apples, pears, and more.

Pruning Fruit Trees: Open Center

Pruning Fruit Trees: Open Center Fruit trees benefit from pruning and training to the structures that suit them. Open center pruning is recommended for most stone-fruit trees.

Fruit Tree Care: Spraying Dormant Oil

Fruit Tree Care: Spraying Dormant Oil One effective method of protecting fruit trees from overwintering pests and their eggs is spraying dormant oil in late winter or early spring.

Winter Protection for Fruit Trees

Winter Protection for Fruit Trees The best time for winter protection of fruit trees is in the fall. Follow these simple tips and video to take advantage of the benefits of this easy task.

How to Tell When Figs Are Ripe

How to Tell When Figs Are Ripe If you have asked yourself, "When are figs ripe?", then follow these three tips to identify ripe figs on your trees and enjoy fresh figs at their peak.

Fruit Tree Care: Summer Pruning

Fruit Tree Care: Summer Pruning There are several approaches to summer-pruning fruit trees, but they all have one goal in common: detecting what needs correcting. Here is what we recommend.

When to Stop Fertilizing & Why

When to Stop Fertilizing & Why If you need to know when to start fertilizing and how much to use, check the package label. Here's our recommendation for when to stop fertilizing and why.