April 1, 2009 RSS feed / Home & Garden

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Successful spring vegetable gardens

by Keith C. Hansen Extension Horticulturist, Smith Co. - Tyler, Texas
There's nothing better than harvesting fresh garden produce right out of a backyard garden. A successful garden harvest depends on many important steps, from the garden site itself to proper care of the plants. More...

Peppers in the round

Judy Heinrich Smith County Master Gardener

Large-scale vegetable growers use long rows for efficiency but those of us with smaller plots can try other ideas. Here's a "pepper ring" plan that can make watering, feeding, and picking easy. 1. More...

April area veggie growers' guide

By Keith C. Hansen Extension Horticulturist

There's still time in early April to plant many vegetables, including bush and pole beans, cucumber, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, summer & winter squash, and watermelons from seed; and transplants of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. More...