Fall is a beautiful time of year. The leaves are changing colors and harvest season is upon us. This is the perfect time of year…
Posts published in “In the Garden”
The temperatures are dropping, which means your garden produce is coming on. It is time to harvest! There are a few techniques that will help…
Like it or not, the first frost is just around the corner. It is time to think about extending the growing season past the first…
Stock image I grew up in a large family in eastern Idaho. Even though our garden was large, growing melons was not something we ever…
Ron Patterson To protect the large Idaho onion industry, all allium products are subject to Idaho quarantine laws. The reason for the quarantine is to…
Ron Patterson | University of Idaho People often water their garden when the soil looks dry. This is the wrong approach as the roots are…
Adult aphid predatory midge. | Photo Stephen P.L. Luk Flies are good??? What about mosquitoes, fungus gnats, no-see-ums, tsetse flies and others? Many members of…
Ron Patterson | University of Idaho Despite the prolonged cool weather this spring, it appears the fruit trees have dodged hard freezes. My mother-in-law’s apricot…
Photos: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University | Taken from Bugwood.org The most common apple and pear flesh-feeding insect in eastern Idaho is the codling moth.…
Photos: Ron Patterson | UI Horticulture Educator There are three types of tomatoes based on growth habit: determinate, semi-determinate and indeterminate. In reality, there are…