Here in Utah we have a great gardening show every Saturday morning with Larry Sagers, a brilliant man. I benefit so much from this show. I thought I should let everyone else know that you can listen to the shows via podcast for free. Even if you don’t live in Utah you will benefit greatly [...]

I have been receiving most of my seed catalogs over the past few weeks and I received one I have never seen. I went to their website last year after a friend told me about them and requested a catalog. The company is PineTree Garden Seeds. The reason why I like their catalog so much [...]

There is a wonderful free service that Utah State Extention provides for those growing anything in their yard. It is the Plant Pest Advisories. You can subscribe to these advisories so that you will receive an email every week to alert you what you should be looking for in terms of pests and how to [...]

In a prior post I discussed very basic pest and disease practices to control your unwanted plant killers. In order to be effective while being environmentally friendly, most states use an integrated pest management (IPM) program. These are highly informative and very useful. You can even subscribe to the advisories so that you can be [...]

Back when I was learning how to garden in Utah, I would scour the internet for information. It took me a little bit, but then I finally figured out that each state has a “land-grant” university that is required under federal law to have an cooperative extension program. Our state has Utah State University’s extension [...]