Q: I have dahlias that I’d like to fertilize and wonder what you would suggest. A: My favorite fertilizer for dahlias is a combination of alfalfa meal and organic flower food. It’s the same recipe I ...

Like most words beginning with "al," alfalfa derives from an Arabic word, the name given to a legume of ancient Persia. It translates roughly as the "best fodder," and now, thousands of years later, ...

Plants need nutrients. And there are lots of ways to supply them. Here is a list of natural products that supply a wide variety of plant nutrients. Alfalfa: Every winter I buy bales of alfalfa hay and ...

Answer: This is the most common question about tomatoes because everyone's tomatoes develop this fungal disease. It's just a matter of when it hits and how fast and severe it gets worse and spreads.

Usually mid-August is when I begin amending the garden soil for a fall planting of one of my favorite crops: garlic. It takes at least nine months for garlic to grow from small clove to full-sized ...

Now that recent rains have softened up the soil it is time to begin planting garlic. I spend a good deal of time and money on beefing up the soil before planting. It pays off with huge bulbs in early ...