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One of the (many) reasons we look forward to summer is long, al fresco meals full of fresh greens and vegetables. But before the plating comes the planting! In most of the country, these first ...
Wheat growers and researchers share a goal of adding more acres to help farmers and ranchers, Amy Bickel writes.
The sowing under summer crops, which will end by May, has reached 60.22 lakh hectares (lh) as of April 4, which is 15 per cent more than 52.4 lh reported in the year-ago period. The zaid season ...
Achieve your growing ambitions with these best vegetables to plant in April –including cold-hardy crops to sow direct and tender varieties to start indoors ...
horticulture Extension specialist at Kansas State University, agreed with Hillock. She said gardeners can also run into problems with their vegetable crop if they grow the plants in the same ...
An influencer shares her four tips for starting a victory garden and saving money on groceries.
Corn is a summertime staple, but those long stalks need some time to get growing. April is a good time to sow seeds if you’re ...
State and local conservationists hope to foster a love of native plants with an upcoming sale at the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center.
The daily change in the tariff situation makes it difficult to produce a column that will remain relevant for a week so I’ll take the opportunity to look at global weather that could affect grain ...
With cool-season vegetable crops ... with Kansas State University Research and Extension. Need help? Contact the Johnson County Extension gardening hotline at 913-715-7050 or email garden.help@ ...
Companion planting ... the scent of crops so pests cannot find them. Other companion plant odors simply repel pests. The tiny green peach aphid, which may look yellow or green in summer, feeds ...