Veggie Solutions Blog

Do you have pests and want to use an organic pesticide? As a gardener, it's important to keep pests and diseases under control to ensure a healthy and productive vegetable garden. While synthetic...

Starting a vegetable garden in the spring can be a rewarding and satisfying experience, but getting started can be overwhelming, especially if you're new to gardening. One of the best ways to get...

Have you had plant diseases in your vegetable garden in the past? One of the first steps in integrated pest management is to identify what is causing your plant problem. If you have identified it...

If you have a vegetable garden, you are probably already thinking about what warm-season crops will go into your spring garden. Spring is a great time for tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, squash and...

When is the last time you added some spice to your life? Sweet and spicy, basil is often used to flavor Italian, Asian and other cuisines.  Basil comes in many varieties with unique flavors...

Being in Florida, cold weather doesn’t come often for me, but when it does, I must think about if I need to protect my plants, especially my recently planted vegetable garden. Many plants...

Do you have a repugnant smell in your garden? Check around and see if you find something even stranger growing near that smell. They could be stinkhorn mushrooms. Learn more about that stinky fungi...

Fruit trees are extremely popular in edible gardening, but most people don't realize the amount of care they need. They often need to be fertilized and watered regularly, managed for pests and...

Have you ever thought if you could just keep the pests and diseases out of the garden in the first place then your crops would grow great? Although we can’t always keep out the pests unless...

Have you ever pulled up a plant and discovered knotted roots? If you did, you may have had root-knot nematodes. I was visiting my friend’s vegetable garden and she had noticed that her beans...

Have you planted perennial plants or shrubs and thought you were doing something wrong since they weren’t growing? Maybe you added more plants the second year since you wanted to fill in the...

Like many of you, I couldn’t resist purchasing a couple of mums for the fall to bring some color to my house. I made sure that I bought a chrysanthemum with the buds closed with healthy...