While growing corn is relatively easy, ensuring that the ears are full of juicy kernels requires adequate pollination with a ...

Wondering how to tell if your corn is ready to harvest? In this video, we provide expert tips to help you determine the perfect harvest time. Learn the key signs that your corn is ripe and ready to ...

Learn when and how to plant Brussels sprouts for a fall harvest, choose the best varieties for your region, care for soil, ...

Companion planting can benefit your garden by growing plants near others that can enrich. As a gardening practice, it helps with space planning, soil improvement, and pest control. As you look for ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Get ready to get lost. The corn maze at Cullipher Farm in Virginia Beach’s Back Bay is a cornucopia of dead ends and wrong turns that steer visitors deep into the stalks. “You’ve got ...

Bring the pumpkin patch to you. Growing your own pumpkins brings the joy of fall to your backyard and rewards you with food and decorations. Pumpkins thrive when planted in sunny, well-drained soil ...

Featured workshops include the ins and outs of compost, vermiculture and worm wrangling, ancient corn, and sustainable ...

As pumpkins round out, mums burst in, and crisp air makes your chin tingle, ears of ornamental corn are the final hurrah of the garden party.

HVAC units, trash cans, outdoor pipes: These may all be necessary, but they’re not always the most attractive things to look at, and curb appeal is incredibly important for both resale value and first ...

Raptor rehabilitator and educator, Liz Dennison, with her Secret Garden Birds and Bees non-profit volunteers, recently presented some how-to tips to attract raptors to area backyards as she introduced ...

Blake Gerard’s 25th rice crop is harvested in September 2024. After floods threatened his soybeans and corn, Gerard switched to planting rice. On a late July morning, Blake Gerard zips across his ...

The monarch butterfly is facing an uncertain future: Populations have been slowly declining for years, shrinking by as much as 90% due to human development. Last winter’s count of overwintering ...