Your summer garden is in full bloom. You’re knee-deep in tomatoes and cucumbers. Your main jobs have become watching for bolting plants and keeping weeds at bay. Which means: Now is the perfect time ...

Any tomatoes currently on the plant as summer winds down are likely to ripen nicely in the next month or so. Current blossoms, however, may lead to good tomatoes, mealy tasteless tomatoes or none at ...

The growing season may be winding down, but it's not the end of tasty produce. In fact, the end of the growing season is ripe with fall vegetables that can add flavor and nutrients to your plate.

Depending on your location, September is pumpkin spice latte weather or still hot enough for shorts and a dip in the pool. More often, we get some of both in this transition month. And as summer's ...

The kids have gone back to school, football season is upon us and pumpkin spice-flavored products are back. That can mean only one thing: Fall will be here soon — on Sept. 22, to be exact. Our gardens ...

Getting your garden ready for fall and winter is key to ensuring healthy soil and a strong start next spring. To prepare your garden, you should clean up dead plants, add compost or organic matter, ...

It's tempting to tidy up the garden in fall, but the birds and insects would prefer otherwise. Many insects spend the winter hibernating in hollow stems, while birds feast on seeds from coneflowers, ...

As summer winds down, it’s time to shift your focus from tomatoes and cucumbers to turnips and kale. For Rowan County gardeners, late July through early September is the prime time to start planting a ...

A patch of bok choy has bolted in this Olathe garden. Cheri Ziegler Johnson County K-State Research and Extension Often, when one considers what is growing in their fall vegetable garden, their first ...

You know how fall – even winter – can be in Colorado: 70s and sunny, then temperatures plummet. Swings that can drive gardeners nuts. Colorado Matters visited Phelan Gardens in Colorado Springs, where ...