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Fall Leaves for the Garden
November 29, 2021By: Dean Gunderson This time of year there are fallen leaves everywhere, sometimes literally bags of them. Although many people consider leaves a nuisance to get rid of, if you… Read More
Harvesting and Curing Sweet Potatoes
October 14, 2021Anxious to harvest sweet potatoes? Hold off! While you can technically harvest as soon as the tubers reach a decent size, the longer they are in the soil the sweeter… Read More
Our New Cover Crops
August 18, 2021Cover crops have many benefits for the garden. A cover crop is simply a plant grown, not to harvest, but for its benefits to the soil. You can grow cover… Read More
Best Bok Choy for St. Louis
August 2, 2021by: Dean Gunderson Bok choy is a delicious and nutritious vegetable that is pretty low maintenance to grow in St. Louis, EXCEPT, it tends to quickly bolt once it gets… Read More
Blossom End Rot of Tomatoes
July 27, 2021By: Jackson Hambrick We are into tomato season! If you have noticed some of your tomatoes developing a brown or black spot on them it could be blossom end rot. This… Read More
How to Deal with the Worst Squash Pest, the Vine Borer
June 2, 2021By: Jackson Hambrick In St. Louis, right around now is the time to start planting zucchini and summer squash. Theseplants love our long summers and produce lots of fruit but… Read More
The Wonderful World of Overwintering Brassicas
May 3, 2021By: Dean Gunderson When you have a garden in St. Louis you have plenty of produce in the summer and fall and usually well into winter through things like squash,… Read More
2020 Variety Trial Results
February 19, 2021In 2020 we did two different variety trials at our Demonstration Garden. A variety trial is simply growing two or more varieties of the same crop in the same place… Read More
Growing Water Chestnuts in St. Louis
February 5, 2021by: Dean Gunderson If you want to try something new and different this year and still get a fair amount of food than water chestnuts are worth a try. There… Read More
Low Tunnels
September 11, 2020by: Dean Gunderson One of the most adaptable items in the gardens is a good set of wire or pvc hoops to create low tunnels. Depending on what fabric goes… Read More