2024 Grapevine Articles
Fall has arrived and with it some creepy but beneficial insects are being highlighted in the Grapevine. In this week's Grapevine, we are highlighting the importance of spiders in the garden, why leaves turn colors in the fall, how to get your holiday plants to bloom this fall, the "guardian of the garden" in the praying mantis and finallly cover how you can save and roast sunflower seeds.
There is something about rainwater that seems to make plants grow. In this week's Grapevine we cover the benefits of rainwater for houseplants, some fall lawn care tips for any type of lawn, a purple beauty in the False Purple Thistle, a common pest of houseplants in the whitefly and finally we discuss if adding gravel or other items to the bottom of pots is helpful or harmful in our Myth of the Month.
In this Grapevine newsletter we cover how to control fleas in and around your home, how to plant and grow garlic in Kansas, a late season disease of tomatoes in anthracnose, a common weed in the lawn of plantains and finally our recipe of the month is Butternut Squash and Lentil Soup.
If you have been struggling with tomatoes this year, you are not alone. Many gardeners have struggled with tomatoes cracking. In this week's Grapevine we cover why tomatoes crack in the garden, how to propagate plants of all types, a large but not aggressive wasp in the Cicada Killer and finally our September Gardening Calendar.
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