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Punch List: What you should know about National Honey Bee Day
Today is National Honey Bee Day, a great honor for an undemanding insect that happily turns plant nectar into sweet honey and pollinates more than 80 percent of the world鈥檚...
Punch List: Harvesting your fruits and vegetables
Many homegrown fruits and vegetables can be plucked and eaten right out of the ground, off the vine, tree or shrub. Try to harvest when the plant is at its...
Punch List: Keeping a check on fungus and disease in the garden
A gardener in Walla Walla, Wash., holds the Guinness American record for the largest homegrown tomato, weighing in at 8.61 pounds. Your tomatoes may not be close to that weight;...
Punch List: Time to enjoy the fruits — or vegetables — of your labor
Right now is the perfect time for gardeners and anyone who enjoys being outdoors to relish all things summer.聽Gardeners delight in seeing golden yellow masses of Black-eyed Susans while waving...
Punch List: Garden needs extra care in the heat
Sunny hot days have been the norm, it seems the 鈥渄og days鈥� have started early. Until or unless we get our usual mid-summer monsoon rains keep tending your garden and...
Punch List: Enjoying the taste of summer from your own back yard
Gardeners agree that growing edibles every summer is about as good as life gets -- could be better if hail would forget our addresses. Beyond enjoying popular homegrown tomatoes, peppers...
Punch List: It’s hot out there; our plants may be feeling it, too
It抖阴ap hot out there, our plants may be feeling it too. Try to get chores done in the morning or late evening when (or if) it cools down.
Punch List: Beat the heat in the garden
To say it抖阴ap been an interesting weather transition from spring to summer this year is an understatement. Heat waves interrupted by hail, intense wind, and more hail is always challenging....
Punch List: Take steps to control pests and diseases
Integrated Pest Management and Plant Health Care are catch-all phrases for the commonsense action plans to handle pest insects, diseases and cultural issues (soil, watering, mulch, etc.) that find your...
Punch List: Tips for surviving a Japanese beetle invasion
The best management tools for controlling Japanese beetles in your garden and yard are based on knowing this insect抖阴ap life cycle. Adult beetles chew on hundreds of different plants, their...