Red Alert

Red Alert – Hornworms are Bad Bugs

If you grow members of the nightshade family such as such as tomatoes and tomatillos, the tomato hornworm can destroy your plants.  The hornworm will grow between 3 and 4 inches long. First of all, I noticed that the leaves on my one tomatillo plant looked like they were sagging. Then I noticed a rather […]

Seed and Bulb Ideas

Seed Ideas for Summer Squash

Summer squash comes in the form of yellow squash and green zucchini.  It grows in a bush form.  Here are some seed ideas for you to consider.   I am currently growing Cube of Butter (yellow squash) and Black Beauty Zucchini which is green not black from Botanical Interests.  I love these two which mature between […]

Vegetables

Harvesting Garlic Scapes

As you may recall, I planted my garlic last October, now here is what the plants look like as of today. The hardnecks will produce a flower stem that will loop around once or twice before straightening out which is called a scape.   While it looks really cool, you should cut the flower stem […]