Maryland Grows
Category: Food Gardening
Hail damage in vegetable (and other) gardens
Did you get hail last weekend? As is usual with spotty hailstorms, some places were pummeled and some were completely spared. The hail at my house was pea-sized. After the storm, I checked out the damage to my eggplant leaves:…
Read MoreFeatured Video – Building a cinder block square foot garden
This video from NC State Extension outlines a great square-foot garden build created with cinder blocks. Use the holes in the blocks to plant ornamentals and other plants that will attract pollinators to your food crop.
Read MoreVegetable Garden Updates
Allium leafminer HGIC received its first allium leafminer (Napomyza gymnostoma) question from a Baltimore gardener. The pest symptoms were discovered on chives growing in a window box. If you observe this pest please send photos and information through Ask an…
Read MoreKarifurore or Fioretto cauliflower
You know how sometimes you just – quick! snap a photo, and then it takes you down a rabbit hole? I was recently in a market in Fuling, China (that was the big trip I posted about preparing for last…
Read MoreDandelion Greens: Glad I’m Not a Starving Colonist
My son stood in the back of the pick up truck surveying his work. His eyes were wide, arms outstretched, and his jaw slack in amazement. “Did I plant all of this?” he asked, as he pointed to the broad…
Read MoreFilling Your Raised Bed
Healthy soil will help you produce healthy crops. Ideal vegetable garden soil should be loose, deep, and crumbly. It both holds water for root uptake and allows excess rainfall to quickly percolate downward. So how do you fill a raised…
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