What Eats Carrot in Missouri, and When

A harvest of freshly dug carrots arranged on dark garden soil with a hand tool visible in the background.

In Missouri gardens, the short list of insects that actually damage carrot roots and foliage is small: aphids, carrot weevil, wireworms, and flea beetle…

The Best Cover Crops for Nunavut

The Best Cover Crops for Nunavut

In Nunavut, the only cover crops with a realistic shot at establishing are the fastest cool-season cereals, annual oats or spring-sown cereal rye, used…

When to Start Pepper Seed in Iowa

A young pepper plant with white flowers and developing buds grows in a raised garden bed with a thermometer visible in the background.

In central Iowa, expect 18.4 days a year at 90°F or hotter, per NOAA’s 1991-2020 Climate Normals for the Des Moines reference station.