'Tis the season to be planting, especially in New Jersey! If you’re thinking of planting a vegetable garden, now is the time to stop thinking and start planting!
St. Paddy's Day marks the start of the growing season for gardeners across New Jersey. It's a tradition to plant snow peas. It just makes sense, they are green, they don't mind the cold weather, and
This week's gardening tips come from a listener's question. Sandy from Middlesex asked:
Chris, I have been planning to put in some new trees around the yard, but figured it was getting too late in the year to do so. In a previous article, you gave a to-do list for September and one of the things on the list was planting trees...
In New Jersey, September is really the best time of year to seed your lawn. The seed will come up and thrive in the cooler fall weather. Plus, there's no worries of the impending summer heat threatening
September is a busy month in the yard and garden. Here's the first of our monthly gardening checklists which give an overview of what to look out for and what you can start doing for each upcoming month.
It’s the last week of August and that means it’s time to get your fall veggies in the ground. Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Radishes and Spinach not only do these guys tolerate the approaching cooler weather
Every year it's the same thing, I forget just how long it takes for those tomatoes to ripen up. I'm stuck in tomato limbo, waiting patiently for any sign of red.
Whether you call them groundhogs, woodchucks, whistle-pigs, or land-beavers, if you are a New Jersey gardener you know what they are capable of. Nothing can catapult you into a state of Elmer Fudd obsessiveness more quickly