When to Plant Sweet Potatoes in Newfoundland and Labrador
Plant sweet potato slips outdoors in Newfoundland and Labrador in the first half of June, and start them indoors in April.
What Eats Onion in Washington, and When
Three things eat onions in Washington: onion maggots working on young plants in cool spring soil, thrips rasping the leaves once summer warms up, and rot…
What Eats Pepper in Saskatchewan, and When
Weather does most of the damage to peppers in Saskatchewan, and the timing matters more than the intensity. Extreme heat is rare.
The Best Sweet Potatoes to Grow in Newfoundland and Labrador
Pick the earliest-maturing, compact-vined sweet potato you can find, start from slips rather than seed, and give it soil warmed under black plastic or in…
What Eats Onion in Virginia, and When
Three things do most of the eating in a Virginia onion bed: thrips rasping the leaves, maggots tunneling the roots and bulbs in cool spring soil, and rot…
What Eats Pepper in Rhode Island, and When
Peppers in Rhode Island lose more fruit to weather than to anything that chews.
When to Plant Sweet Potatoes in New Brunswick
Set sweet potato slips in New Brunswick gardens in early June, once the soil has warmed and frost has stopped being a real threat, then plan to dig the…
The Best Sweet Potatoes to Grow in New Brunswick
For New Brunswick, choose the earliest-maturing sweet potatoes you can find, not the biggest or sweetest on the catalog page.
What Eats Pepper in Quebec, and When
In a Quebec pepper bed, the weather does more damage than any bug. Fruit set fails at two ends: days above 32 °C and nights below 55 °F (about 13 °C).
What Eats Onion in Vermont, and When
Three things eat onions in Vermont, and they show up in order: onion maggots in spring, thrips through the dry stretches of summer, and storage rot from…