The Best Turnips and Rutabaga for Colorado
Fast turnips win statewide: varieties maturing in 35 to 55 days (Hakurei, Purple Top White Globe) fit almost anywhere in Colorado, from the high valleys…
What Eats Carrot in North Dakota, and When
North Dakota’s short growing season limits how much time any single insect has to build up numbers on a carrot bed, but the ones that do show up feed at…
When to Sow Turnips in California
California doesn’t have one turnip calendar, it has several. Along the coast and through Southern California, sowing is a fall-into-winter game because…
When to Pick Summer Squash in Maine — and What to Do With a Glut
Summer squash in Maine is ready when the fruit is still small and the skin gives slightly under a fingernail, usually somewhere between mid-July and the…
What Eats Onion in Ohio, and When
Ohio gardeners lose onion stands to five confirmed feeders, not nine. Ohio State University Extension documents aphids, cutworms, European earwig, slugs…
What Eats Pepper in New Hampshire, and When
Straight answer: the verified data behind this page doesn’t point to one insect chewing through pepper plants in New Hampshire. It points to temperature.
The Best Turnips and Rutabaga for California
Turnips do best across most of California as a fast, cool-weather crop grown fall through spring, since heat is the real limit here, not frost.
When to Sow Turnips in British Columbia
Sow turnips outdoors from mid-March through April for a spring harvest, then again from late July into early September for a fall crop that finishes…
How High Can a Hedge Be in New Mexico? What the Law Actually Says
New Mexico has no statewide hedge height limit. There’s no statute in the state code that says a hedge can be 4 feet or 6 feet or anything else.
What Eats Carrot in North Carolina, and When
A carrot root sitting in North Carolina ground for two to three months faces two separate kinds of feeding: something working the leaves above the soil…