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A guide to growing, preparing and preserving vegetables from the University of Illinois Extension
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After months of daily watering and careful weeding, the 3-foot-wide head of cabbage that 9-year-old Jenna Wiltjer had tended all summer might have been a bit of a disappointment.
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Increasingly, gardeners are interested in finding out how to grow vegetables without using synthetic fertilizers....
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Climb to a rooftop and scan the horizon of Mexico's capital, and you're likely to see nearby rooftops or balconies with vegetable gardens.
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Washington, D.C. - Chili peppers in vibrant red hang ready to be plucked. Dry cornstalks tower over shorter plants, evidence of buttery ears long consumed. A lone watermelon weights down one bed, while a smattering of small pumpkins ripen in another.
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From Armenia, this heirloom seed is a member of the cucumis melo var. inodoruslike the honeydew. Very fragrant with a firm texture, these one pound melons are often confused because of their colors with the Rich Sweetness 123 - which weighs only ¼ of pound- and the Plum Granny (Queen Ann) melon – very small oval shape.
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Gardeners refer to compost as "black gold" because it is a great material for garden soil. Adding compost to clay soil makes them easier to work and plant. The addition of compost to sandy soils improves the water holding capacity.
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Answers to your gardening questions are just a click away. Cook Extension County Master Gardeners will answer your emailed questions. Please provide a detailed description of your problem.
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This year is quickly becoming one of the driest in history. Rhonda Ferree, University of Illinois Extension educator, horticulture, says that if your yard is like hers, your landscape plants are suffering from the dry conditions. The rapid onset of poor looking landscape plants is cause for concern.
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Your home-canned products will be only as good as the fresh foods you start with. For high-quality, safe, home-canned foods, select the freshest foods possible. Discard diseased and moldy foods. Don't can foods that you wouldn't serve at your table fresh.
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How do you know when your watermelon is ready to be picked? U of I Extension horticulturist Greg Stack explains some of the common methods. Delete the scoop?
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Answers to your gardening questions are just a click away. Cook County Extension Master Gardeners will answer your emailed questions. Please provide a detailed description of your problem.
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Although hundreds of hospitals across the country host a farmer’s market or have a garden on their grounds that supplies fresh produce, hospital rooftop gardens are still rare in New York.
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Autumn's arrival does not signal the end of fresh produce from the garden. "With a little advance planning, you can continue to reap the bounty of fresh, tender greens, sweet carrots, and beets," said Greg Stack, a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.
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Fall is the time to start thinking about cover crops for the vegetable garden.
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Has your vegetable garden become a scary place? Are weeds grabbing your ankles as you walk by? Or has your garden withered into brown flags of surrender? Good news, it's not too late to have a productive garden.
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This is an opportune time to take advantage of all of the summer produce, whether from the backyard garden, farmer's market or the local grocery store. Gardeners with particularly abundant yields may even become a little anxious thinking about how to enjoy all the fresh vegetables within the short window of freshness.
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Fruit and Vegetable Weekly Crop Update. Timely vegetable crop info for local producers.
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Summer squash (also known as vegetable or Italian marrow), is a tender, warm-season vegetable that can be grown throughout the United States anytime during the warm, frost-free season.
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When wondering when to harvest onions, wait until their leaves wilt and turn yellow naturally. At this time the bulbs are ready to be pulled, dried, and brou...
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