A few strategies for combating squash vine borers, coping with zucchini overload and combining cover crops with no-till gardening.
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A few strategies for combating squash vine borers, coping with zucchini overload and combining cover crops with no-till gardening.
We aren’t the only creatures who love berries. Learn how to keep birds and bears at bay.
The Veterans Healing Farm is seeking to raise $5 million to purchase a new location and expand its offerings year-round.
How to set gardening goals you can achieve without getting stressed out.
How to get your garden ready for winter, from compost to fig trees. And what are those pawpaws everyone is talking about?
It’s not too late to plant a few crops yet this year.
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.
Heat, sun and bugs take their toll on summer gardeners. You can toil away by timing your work and dressing the part.
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.
The trick to composting is keeping the temperature high to kill unwanted seeds.
LaKyla Hodges is the equity and education manager of Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
“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.”
This month’s column features tips for growing squash, as well as ways to reduce voles from eating into your bounty.
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. […]
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 […]
Six years ago, Roy Harris helped launch the Southside Community Garden. The initiative has taken on greater meaning in the wake of COVID-19, he says. Food insecurity is a particular problem in the predominantly low-income Southside neighborhood. Gardening, he continues, is one way to combat the issue.
Last year, Asheville joined only seven other cities in North Carolina to earn recognition from the National Wildlife Federation as a certified Community Wildlife Habitat. Area gardeners from Bee City USA and Mountain Wild! share their tips for creating habitat at home.