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| National Gardening |
Choosing Perennial Plants When choosing perennial plants you'll need to consider their hardiness rating, your planting location, and when they flower so you'll have season-long color.   |
This Old House
Lynn Ocone |
Houseplants for People Who Can't Grow Houseplants No matter the color of your thumb, this guide will help you select and care for plants that will thrive. |
| National Gardening |
Gardening Climates 101 National Gardening has created its own system of 14 "gardening zones." Rather than minimum temperature alone, these regions are defined by largely similar gardening conditions. Expert gardeners in each region report on conditions and happenings in their region twice monthly. |
| National Gardening |
Garden Pests 101 The best defense against garden damage from insects and disease is a long-term program of soil building. Healthy soil will produce healthy, resistant plants. |
| National Gardening |
Corn Diseases, Insects, and Pests Most of the trouble gardeners have with corn is easily controlled. |
Food Processing
September 2012
David Phillips |
Seasonal Approaches To Pest Control Can Prevent A Cold-Weather Invasion As summer ends and winter approaches, food plant managers need to change their focus and strategy if they want to keep insects and rodents out of their plants. |
National Gardening
July 2, 2003
Cathy Cromell |
Garden Guru: Whitney Cranshaw Often called upon to bridge the gap between the interests of insects and the interests of humans, Colorado author and entomology professor Whitney Cranshaw uses Integrated Pest Management's premise of working with the natural life cycles of insects to control pest problems with less pesticide. |
| National Gardening |
Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
National Gardening
February 7, 2003
Joseph F. Williamson |
A Gardener's Guide to Zone Maps Which climate zone do you garden in? Why does it matter? |
This Old House
February 2, 2001
Warren Schultz |
Getting the Best Deal on Plants Your guide to buying plants for the upcoming growing season... |
| National Gardening |
Tarnished Plant Bug Called "tarnished" for its brown-coppery color, this otherwise unassuming little bug is a major pest, especially for commercial growers. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Summer's Bad Guys A guide to some of the most common garden pests and their controls... |
Popular Mechanics
June 13, 2008
Erin McCarthy |
5 Reasons Why Researchers Say The Happening Is Junk Science In these days of melting ice caps and wild weather, M. Night Shyamalan's new movie poses an interesting question: What happens if the environment, spurred by centuries of pollution and disregard, turns against us? |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Those Bloomin' Holiday Gifts How to keep holiday gift plants at their best year-round... |
National Gardening
Alain Charest |
Trumpet Vine Native American plant makes good, especially in the North. Many garden plants are described as blooming all summer long, but trumpet vine is one of the few to actually live up to this description. Its only requirements are a sunny exposure and a good pruning in winter. |
This Old House
July 6, 2000
Denny Schrock |
Working the Bugs Out Here's a safe and effective system to control the plant-eating pests in your yard. |
Searcher
March 2001
Janet Evans |
Gardening Resources on the Web In the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Library, we work with amateur gardeners who want to learn the art and science of horticulture. Like similar libraries, we answer thousands of garden-related inquiries each year. We also routinely use and recommend informative Web sites... |
Food Processing
September 2011
Bob Sperber |
Pest Management Rules Change for Food Processors Winter's coming, along with new pests, paperwork and an EPA rule that lets mice get closer to your doorstep. |
| National Gardening |
Cabbage Family Greens These cabbage family greens make great additions to any salad garden. |
National Gardening
Barbara E. Richardson |
High-tech Dust Foils Pests Modified kaolin clay ushers in a new era in plant protection... |
National Gardening
Mark Whitelaw |
Growing Roses the Natural Way 14 friendly remedies for rose pests and diseases |
National Gardening
Patt Kasa |
Shop for Trees & Shrubs Years of experience have helped me hone my detective skills and I've developed an almost fool-proof method of choosing the healthiest specimens for my landscape. You can become a savvy shopper, too, by following these same guidelines. |
| National Gardening |
Preparing to Plant Peas Peas are everyone's garden favorite. There's nothing like the taste of fresh sweet peas in spring. Here's some history and tips on planting peas. |
| National Gardening |
Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |
| National Gardening |
Care and Harvest of Strawberries You won't be idle until your first harvest. You must not let the new plants set berries in their first year. They will try to fruit, but you must pick off the blossoms as they appear. |
| National Gardening |
Corn Care Corn doesn't need any more attention than other garden vegetables, but it's a crop that can take up a fair amount of time if you plant a lot. Make it easier by combining tasks. |
National Gardening
Alice Yarborough |
Gardening for Butterflies The plants they like and the species you may see on them... |
National Gardening
Michael MacCaskey |
Summer Bulbs Consider these for summer color |
D-Lib
January 2001 |
Introduction to the Plant Kingdom Introduction to the Plant Kingdom is well worth a visit from anyone who would like to increase their knowledge of plant biology... |
National Gardening
Barbara Pleasant |
Marvelous Mums Plant these hardy fall-bloomers now or in spring |
| National Gardening |
Sweet Corn Essentials Tips on planting, growing, and harvesting sweet corn. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
Top 10 Most Dangerous Plants in the World How different plants exert their toxic effects on the body. |
| National Gardening |
Growing Onions As with most vegetables, you can start onions from seed in the garden. But many onions have relatively long growing seasons and onion seeds don't germinate quickly, so it's often better to start the crop another way. You can set out transplants, or you can plant "sets" (half-grown onions). |
| National Gardening |
Making a Raised-Bed Garden Raised beds are popular because they are relatively easy to build, plant, weed, and maintain. |
This Old House
March 27, 2001
Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle |
The Holiday Cactus For lavish winter color, invite these rainforest natives indoors |
Food Processing
February 2012
David Phillips |
Pest Control -- Inside, Outside and in the Cloud New documentation requirements add to the argument for managed, integrated approach. |
Science News
March 22, 2008 |
Science Safari: Floral Cues to Climate Change A website that investigates the link between biological events and climate. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2003
Traci Purdum |
Back To Basics Auto supplier leverages internal expertise to retain world-class processes |
National Gardening
Jane von Trapp |
Entry Garden Make-Over A front entrance garden has to be functional and inviting, but where do you begin? |
National Gardening
Lynn Byczynski |
Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
National Gardening
Whitney Cranshaw |
The "Do-Good" Bugs A guide to choosing and using beneficial insects, mites and nematodes... |
National Gardening
Eliot Tozer |
A Gardener's Guide to Frost How to predict when it's coming and what to do about it... |
