Here’s a handy tool to give you an idea of when the final frost in your area will likely happen, so you know when it’s safe to start planting. You’ll thank us this summer.
Breathe easy, livestock lovers. Housed in a vast storehouse in Fort Collins, Colorado, the USDA has 700,000 straws of liquid nitrogen-preserved sperm, from 18 different species. They’re ready. “Let’s say another foot-and-mouth disease comes along, killing off our cows,” says Dr. Harvey Blackburn, repository coordinator. “We have the ability to repopulate entire breeds.” The National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP) started in 1999. Its fac
Compost has recently held a fascination for me. During this past summer (2018) the Rodale Institute held an “Organic Field Day”. There were several educational stations, one of which was about compost. Therefore, I spent a lot of time at this station. Here, I learned about different recipes for making compost and I would like to share those with you. For many home gardeners, compost is mor
Fall gardening, or second plantings. Whatever you call this midsummer pursuit, its goal is the same—to prolong the growing season and reap more from your precious garden real estate, even after the peak of summer.Getting StartedVegetable gardening returns its greatest dividends when your plots produce food from spring throughout summer and right up until first frost. Just because you’ve harvested your early-maturing vegetables doesn’t mean you have to buy those crops at the local grocery store o
Almonds (Prunus dulcis) are a close cousin to peaches and nectarines, but are not generally as cold tolerant. Almonds are currently not a recommended crop in northern Utah, including the warmest parts of the Wasatch Front. Almonds are found in Utah’s Dixie and are well adapted to that warm climate. This publication will provide basic information on almond culture for warm areas of southern Utah. Almonds are native to part