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Featured: Cedar Apple Rust - Identification & Control Close up of Cedar Apple Rust disease on Fruit Tree leaf Cedar Apple Rust becomes a serious threat anytime when apples and Eastern red cedar coexist. Take precautions and treat your trees to further prevent the spread before your harvest suffers!
How to Get Rid of Aphids on Apple Trees: Easy Video Guide How to get rid of aphids on your fruit tree WATCH NOW Fruit trees are no stranger to aphids but can easily be controlled using simple methods. Easily identified by their small size and large grouping, aphids can come in many different colors.
Planting Seed Potatoes in 7 Simple Steps – With Video planting seed potato in trench with text that reads Planting Seed Potatoes in 7 Easy Steps Katie shows you how to easily plant seed potatoes in her home garden at the Howard Homestead in seven simple steps.
How to Prepare Seed Potatoes for Planting - With Video How to Prepare Seed Potatoes for Planting with Video Katie demonstrates how to prepare your seed potatoes for planting, and talks about the importance of adding certified disease-free potatoes to your growing space. She shows cutting, healing, and callousing Caribou Russet, Dark Red Norland, and Yukon Gem varieties.
Getting to Know Your Food Source woman with apple Following the year 2020, our country continues to face extraordinary challenges. Many of us are turning to backyard food production to both save money and feel secure about our food supply. Stark Bro’s has always taken our mission to educate and support the home grower seriously, and we’re still here for you today.
How to Build a Permaculture Fruit Tree Guild flower bulbs and garlic around fruit tree Maximize your growing space and create a thriving edible oasis with a fruit tree guild!
Lasagna Gardening man raking leaves No, you can’t grow lasagna in your garden — sad, but true. What you can do is treat your garden bed like a big pan of lasagna, and assemble layer upon layer of goodness to create a thriving environment for your treasured plants. It’s inexpensive, and very worthwhile doing. All it requires are the right materials and a little elbow grease.
Organic Growing Myths & Mistakes organic product on shelves in store There’s more to organic growing than just clearing the chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides out of the garden shed. Knowledge is most certainly power, and having it can save you money, toil and trouble. Here are several myth-busters and information about organic gardening you probably didn’t know.
Preventing Problems Before They Begin field of various plants Organic gardeners have fewer tactical weapons in their arsenal in the war against pests and diseases, as chemical problem-fighters are not in the mix. Non-chemical alternatives are, by nature, less potent and sometimes an extra effort is required to keep your garden in good health. Preventive action bridges the gap.
The Best Fruit-Tree Varieties for Organic Growing cherries on tree Raising your fruit trees without the aid of man-made chemicals can be a challenge, so why not make it an easier and more successful endeavor by choosing disease-resistant organic trees at the outset?
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