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  1. When is the best time to grow radishes? Published: January 07, 2008
  2. What causes cabbage and broccoli leaves to have dead areas along leaf edges? Published: January 07, 2008
  3. Why do my cucumbers bloom without setting fruit? Published: January 07, 2008
  4. Can I save seed from this year's bean crop for next season's garden? Published: January 07, 2008
  5. How do I make a tomato cage? Published: January 07, 2008
  6. How do you plant sweet potatoes? Published: January 07, 2008
  7. How do you harvest sweet potatoes? Published: January 07, 2008
  8. How do you cure and store sweet potatoes? Published: January 07, 2008
  9. What are muskmelons? Published: January 07, 2008
  10. When and how should I harvest cantaloupes? Published: January 07, 2008
  11. What causes the dirty black swellings on ears of sweet corn? Published: January 07, 2008
  12. Is there an organic source of potassium for my vegetable garden? Published: January 07, 2008
  13. What guidelines should I use when side-dressing my vegetables with manure? Published: January 07, 2008
  14. How much manure should be added to a vegetable garden? Published: January 07, 2008
  15. Why do my tomato leaves (old and new) roll up and the plants set no new fruit? Published: January 07, 2008
  16. How are cantaloupes pollinated? Published: January 07, 2008
  17. I have a luffa sponge plant (Luffa aegyptiaca). When and how do I harvest the fruits to make sponges? Published: January 07, 2008
  18. What are "ornamental" cabbage and kale and are they edible? Published: January 07, 2008
  19. When is the last frost date for western Kentucky? Published: December 21, 2007
  20. Are there vegetables that can be planted in mid-June for a summer garden that will survive the San Antonio summer heat? Is there a good tomato that will last through the summer? Published: December 21, 2007
  21. My sugar snap peas are not doing well. We have been very dry here, but have been watering every other day. They are turning very light green and brown and some have dried up altogether. Can I salvage any of them? Published: December 21, 2007
  22. What do zones in Arizona mean? Published: December 19, 2007
  23. Over the past few years, my Silver Queen corn is affected by a disease that causes the corn kernels to enlarge and then burst to reveal a black powder. What is it and how can it be controlled? Published: December 19, 2007
  24. How can I get rid of tomato hornworms on my tomato plants? Published: December 19, 2007
  25. My pole beans have produced a first crop and seem to be forming a second. Will these flowers produce beans? Published: December 19, 2007
  26. What is a good way to store seed left over from this year's garden? Published: December 19, 2007
  27. Every fall I harvest my winter squash and store them in a basket in the garage. Most of them have rotted by Thanksgiving. What am I doing wrong? Published: December 18, 2007
  28. What is meant when catalogs refer to "Super Sweet" varieties of sweet corn? Published: December 18, 2007
  29. My friends use Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) around tomatoes to stop bloom drop, but no one knows how much to use. What is the wisdom/efficacy of using Epsom salts as a means of supplying micronutrients? Published: December 18, 2007
  30. I am unable to grow cucumbers or lettuce in my garden. Soon after the sprouts appear, they disappear. Although I haven't seen any insects, the cucumber's two starter leaves appear to be devoured, leaving only the stem. What do you suggest? Published: December 18, 2007

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