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Proper watering tomato plants is essential for healthy, productive crops. Learn the secrets of root zone watering, optimal timing, and consistent schedules. Discover how to avoid common mistakes like overhead watering and inconsistent moisture that can damage your harvest.

Create your own Nature Camp this summer! Engage children with hands-on kids and nature activities like collecting rocks and leaves, raising butterflies, nature walks, and building wildlife gardens. These experiences teach environmental care while creating lasting memories and connecting children with the natural world around them.

Discover how to grow abundant tomatoes and peppers in your garden. Learn about determinate vs indeterminate varieties, proper planting techniques, disease prevention, and care tips. Includes variety recommendations and a delicious scalloped tomato recipe to enjoy your harvest.

Watering is essential for plant health, but needs vary by species, soil, and climate. Check moisture levels, adjust for weather, and water deeply to prevent root damage. Proper watering keeps gardens thriving.

Discover different types of mulch to enhance your garden. From pine bark to shredded hardwood, artificial options, and yard waste, each mulch type offers unique benefits for moisture retention, weed control, and soil protection. Use wisely for best results.

Back in the early ages of gardening, someone realized covering a plant could protect it from frost and wind chill, preserving blooms and protecting foliage from the ravages of ice crystals and dropping temperatures.

Poinsettias and chrysanthemums go together like, well, holidays and happiness! If you’ve been plunking down your poinsettias all by themselves, it’s time to jazz up your arrangements and give them some decorating companionship.

No matter how cold the temperatures or how deep the snow, you can enjoy the pleasures of herbs this winter season by growing them in your windowsill.

One of our sweetest holiday traditions is kissing under the mistletoe, but how much do we really know about this custom or, for that matter, the plant itself?

Was it a bumper crop this year? Do you have tasty fruits, vegetables and herbs overflowing your storage? Now that the harvest is in, the decision needs to be made as to what to do with the abundance.