What Eats Carrot in Iowa, and When
Not much shows up here as insect damage once you look closely. Iowa’s own representative soil, the Tama series, runs heavy and fine-textured, and that…
What Eats Parsnip in Missouri, and When
Missouri doesn’t have a parsnip specialist on record. Checking the pests University of Missouri Extension documents statewide, only two of them, Japanese…
What Eats Parsnip in Mississippi, and When
Three pests show up in the documented record for Mississippi parsnip beds: armyworms (both the beet and the yellowstriped kind), vegetable weevils, and…
What Eats Parsnip in Minnesota, and When
University of Minnesota Extension documents ten pests common to home vegetable gardens across the state, but only one of them, Japanese beetle, has a…
What Eats Parsnip in Michigan, and When
Four insects have documented feeding activity on garden vegetables in Michigan that could reach a parsnip row: cutworms, flea beetles, seedcorn maggot…
What Eats Parsnip in Massachusetts, and When
None of the ten pests Massachusetts’s extension service tracks are true parsnip specialists.
When to Pick Summer Squash in Florida — and What to Do With a Glut
Pick summer squash by size and skin, not by the calendar: harvest at 4 to 6 inches, when the skin is glossy and a thumbnail sinks in easily, checking…
When to Pick Summer Squash in Delaware — and What to Do With a Glut
Summer squash tells you it’s ready long before a calendar does: skin that’s glossy rather than dull, flesh that gives slightly under a thumbnail, and a…
When to Pick Summer Squash in Connecticut — and What to Do With a Glut
The plant tells you before the calendar does: skin that’s still glossy and thin enough for a fingernail to pierce, fruit still small.
Protecting Roses Over Winter: When to Mound, and With What
Mounding protects the graft union on a budded rose, or the crown on an own-root plant, from repeated freeze-thaw cycles that can kill the tissue that…