I recently ordered my seeds for this year and I would encourage you home gardeners out there to consider doing the same. I am sure some of you will pick up your seeds from the Home Depot rack or your local garden supply store. There is obviously nothing wrong with this but you limit yourself [...]

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 [...]

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 was listening to Larry Sagers this morning on the greenhouse show and he talked about a great point that I want add here for everyone’s benefit. He talked about the economics of home vegetable gardening when you have very little space.  When you go to the grocery store and consider the prices of certain [...]

It is about time to where you can begin planting some vegetables. Therefore, it believe it is relevant to post some things about planting vegetables. First, what types of vegetables can you plant. In Utah, like in many areas, you can get away with three different gardens, depending on where you live. A spring garden, [...]

For those of you looking to buy seeds for your garden, here is a list of good varieties for Utah. This comes from the Utah State extension service. Enjoy. http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/HG_313.pdf Note: This was done in 1996 so there are many new varieties that you should consider.