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Some onion varieties love it here, others not so much
Depending on variety, onions grow well no matter how long the growing days are. Choose ones that grow well here and meet your needs for taste and storage.
Gardening with Xpress: Tips for quashing squash plant pests
A few strategies for combating squash vine borers, coping with zucchini overload and combining cover crops with no-till gardening.
Everyone loves a garden. Sometimes, that’s a problem
We aren’t the only creatures who love berries. Learn how to keep birds and bears at bay.
Veterans Healing Farm searches for new site in Henderson County
The Veterans Healing Farm is seeking to raise $5 million to purchase a new location and expand its offerings year-round.
How to work your garden and not vice versa
How to set gardening goals you can achieve without getting stressed out.
Getting your garden ready for winter
How to get your garden ready for winter, from compost to fig trees. And what are those pawpaws everyone is talking about?
Still time to plant fall crops
It’s not too late to plant a few crops yet this year.
Wildfires cast a pall over local gardens
Wildfires screen sunlight, affecting plants photosynthesis. Another downside of the fires is it can keep some gardeners inside just when their gardens need them. Find out how to garden safely when the skies are smoky.
Gardening with Xpress: Summer’s bounty and bugs
Heat, sun and bugs take their toll on summer gardeners. You can toil away by timing your work and dressing the part.
Gardening with Xpress: How to promote growth in underachievers
Cool nights are taking a toll on heat-loving veggies such as peppers, corn, tomatoes and eggplant. You might want to tuck them in at night.
Gardening with Xpress: Composting: the hotter, the better
The trick to composting is keeping the temperature high to kill unwanted seeds.
Thinking green: Bridging community and environmentalism
LaKyla Hodges is the equity and education manager of Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.
Gardening with Xpress: Climb aboard the spring-weather roller coaster
Gardeners and farmers are some of the first folks to be impacted by climate change. We pay attention to the temperature, sun, wind, rain, and rhythms of the living world. And when things like weather become more erratic or unpredictable, our crops feel it. Wild weather is becoming more and more the norm, so it will behoove us to learn to adapt.
Gardening with Xpress: Tips on snakes and seeds
Spring is nearly here, but slow your roll when it comes to planting. Oh, and those snakes you saw in the garden? More than likely they’re friends, not foes.
Women-owned plant shops are a growing industry in Asheville
Farmers and homesteaders can get their hands dirty all over Western North Carolina. For those with more modest ambitions, there are houseplants. Garden stores, chain stores and even pharmacies sell houseplants nowadays, but it’s also an attractive industry for many small-business owners. The Asheville area is home to several plant shops known for their intimate […]
Gardening with Xpress: Cucumbers, peppers and eggplants — oh, my!
This month’s column features tips for when to pull summer plants, ideal peppers to grow in our region and best ways to preserve eggplant.
Letter: Don’t use cats as garden patrols
“Let’s wake up and use our technological savvy to build vole-proof garden enclosures and spare the ones who can’t defend themselves against feline encroachment.”
Gardening with Xpress: Tips for growing squash
This month’s column features tips for growing squash, as well as ways to reduce voles from eating into your bounty.
Q&A: Joe Hollis, founder of Mountain Gardens
Joe Hollis’ whole life is Mountain Gardens, a botanical garden in Western North Carolina that he has cultivated over 50 years. Hollis focuses on growing useful plants, especially medicinal herbs and perennial vegetables, and passing along his plant wisdom to students and apprentices. Workshops, seeds and bare root plant sales support Hollis and his garden. […]
Q&A with Craig LeHoullier, tomato expert
Craig LeHoullier is consumed by tomatoes. He has written two books about growing them: Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales: Easy Planting, Less Weeding, Early Harvests. He lectures about tomatoes at gardening conferences. He has been the Seed Savers Exchange tomato adviser for 30 years. He and his wife, Sue Angus-LeHoullier, founded Tomatopalooza, a tasting event […]
