Aphid Army at UM Public Health Garden

These photos were sent to me by Deborah Lakowicz Dramby, a graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. …

It's Official!- 2012 is The Year of Leafy Greens

Leafy greens - nutritious, easy to grow, and versatile. We love 'em, so University of Maryland Extension's Grow It Eat It…

Tiller radish = improved soil

Ray Weil, a professor and soil scientist at UM, and his graduate students study and promote tiller radish as a fall cover crop fo…

High Night Temperatures Can Lower Yields

I am in fall gardening mode which means I’m still thinking about some of the state-wide complaints from gardeners about lower tha…

Grillin' Veggies

The flavors of grilled vegetables are spectacular. Good enough anyway to turn vegetable haters into vegetable lovers. My favorite…

Tomato Plants Need a Bigger Home

My tomato plants often grow out of control under shop lights because I start them too early, I'm not ready to plant, or the w…

Late blight- will it return next year?

Over the Labor Day weekend I had to pull out the 22 tomato plants in my home garden that were infected with late blight. I harves…

Vegetable serpent

My neighbor loves to try new plants, no matter how weird or difficult to grow in our area. This is a cucuzzi gourd from his garde…

A great sweet pepper

I love Italian frying peppers for their high yields and thin skin. Fry or grill them and you'll barely detect the skin in you…

GIEI responds to Fine Gardening's Vegetable Gardener eLetter post on Late Blight of Tomato

Northeast Tomato Plants Struck by Blight and More - Vegetable Gardener Posted using ShareThis

Garlic harvest

I love to toil in the soil. Not everyone does. I have a corner lot and as cars drive past my vegetable garden I'm sure some…

Delicious but dangerous!

Wineberry ( Rubus phoenicolasius )is an Asian bramble species that produces luscious fruit in mid-summer. I know gardeners who ha…

No-till garden from scratch

Many Master Gardeners have related successful experiences with the lasagna garden method of creating new garden beds. Pat Lanza h…

Putting your small fruit plants on hold

My small fruit plants arrived at home before I could plant. Here's what I did to "store them". In all cases, keep t…

I love asparagus!

There's nothing better than asparagus fresh from the garden! We harvested our first spears this morning and roasted them in t…

Garlic is happiness

I love everything about garlic. Here is a new bed I prepared last fall, about 4 ft. X 18 ft. I worked in six, 5-gallon buckets of…

Martha Stewart Builds a Salad Table

Wow- me on Martha Stewart demonstrating the Salad Table that was developed right here on the University research farm. It was ver…

What R U growing in your garden?

Let us know your food gardening plans. In Maryland, call 1-800-342-2507 if you have questions. Or send us an email at www.hgic.u…

Remember to watch Jon on Martha Stewart tomorrow!

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WUSA9.com quotes Jon Traunfeld

WUSA9.com (click on link) reporter Elizabeth Jia reports on the economic benefits of home food gardening. Quotes Jon Traunfeld a…