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…