We just added a new cool tool to VegeNag.com. It is a plant date finder that predicts the BEST outdoor planting date for your area. It is called BEST because it doesn’t just tell you an appropriate range or the date that the plant won’t die. It finds the date that is Beneficial in that [...]

I tried some new varieties this year of peppers. I do not like really hot peppers, so up until now, I have only planted sweet peppers. This year, however, I discovered “Fooled You” jalapeno peppers and, of course, I love banana peppers so I decided to give them a try. What a success. I am [...]

I just started to plant my fall vegetables. I planted broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts. In a couple of weeks I will be planting peas, carrots, lettuce, and spinach. Where I live, and this applies to most climates, Fall is the best time to harvest these cool season vegetables. By maturing in the cool Fall [...]

I have written alot of posts on starting seeds indoors, but many vegetables should be directly seeded into your garden. Here is a short list of those that should be direct seeded. Carrots Beets Melons Squash Beans Peas Cucumbers And more This doesn’t mean you cannot start them indoors, it just means that they either [...]

As we continue to develop features for VegeNag.com, we have finally completed the planting guide. This guide will display key planting information for each different vegetable based on your area. For example, here is a screen shot of my planting guide (zip code 84660) for the vegetable Cabbage. Notice that the user’s frost free date [...]

In this video I discuss when to plant your vegetable seeds. An important supplement to this video is the planting chart that I put together. All you have to do is to enter your frost free date and the chart will calculate when you should plant. Click the link below for the planting guide. VegeNag [...]

Learn how to determine your planting dates by learning about frost free dates. To get your frost free date chart, go to the National Weather Service website. For more information on planting dates go to the planting guides category.

I got two calls today about planting corn so I decided I should post about the types of corn and things to consider when planting. First thing you should know is that there are three different types of corn, su, se and sh2. Standard corn or (su) is your field corn, it takes a while [...]

I just planted my tomatoes today. It was pretty satisfying since I started them indoors from seeds. I planted 4 different varieties, Big Beef, Beefmaster, Park’s Whopper, and Early Girl. All are indeterminate tomatoes except for one determinate start I bought from the store for cherry tomatoes. For those of you who don’t know about different [...]

When to plant your summer crops can be tricky because the weather doesn’t always abide by averages. The general rule is to wait until all danger of frost is gone. Well…that could be today, maybe. According to the National Weather service there is a 50% chance of it getting to 32 degrees as of May [...]