When the heat goes up, the vegetable garden can go down if gardeners aren’t ready for Pennsylvania’s increasingly sizzling summers. Soil dries faster as temperatures rise, and the heat of 90-degree ...

High heat in the summer can wreak havoc on your summer vegetable garden, but you can do things to several things to help. These seven hot weather summer gardening tips will help your garden thrive ...

There is nothing more satisfying for a vegetable gardener in mid-July than tossing together a salad for dinner with ingredients harvested just outside your back door. While cucumber, squashes, and the ...

Twenty-percent to 30% shade cloth may not look like it's providing much shade, but when afternoon sun reaches garden vegetables during summer heat, it can provide a few degrees of protection. Tree ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Seasonal drought is normal, and in some years, it can be quite severe. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a thriving garden. Remember these veggies when you start planning ...

Crops that easily bolt—like lettuce, cilantro, and spinach—should be harvested before a heat wave. Veggies that ripen off the plant are best picked before a heat wave. Delay harvesting peppers, ...

This fall weather is predictably unpredictable as we experience warmer temps than average. Texans like to brag “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute,” and we are patiently waiting for a ...

Each year, Central Texas gardeners face eminent heat, drought, floods or freezes, sometimes all four. The following story ran July 11, 2022, just months after a major freeze, and just before our ...