Fireplace ash may seem like a useless by-product of burned wood, but it actually has several practical uses around the home.

Ruud Kleinpaste runs through a few things to keep an eye out for in the garden at this time of year: Powdery Mildew, caterpillars.

Rotate crops. Avoid planting potatoes in the same location where potatoes and other members of the nightshade family (tomatoes, eggplants, peppers) were grown for the past three years. Rotating ...

Instead of throwing away those plastic nursery pots your plants come in, discover some creative and useful ways to repurpose them around your garden.

Why do I have so many cutworms? Simply, it is because you grow their favorite foods - common vegetables. Some of them include tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, peas, lettuce, corn, celery, carrots, ...

Beans, chrysanthemums and tomatoes may have tunnelled stems ... You don’t see this attack until you lift the crop, only to find it damaged beyond rescue. Cutworms and especially slugs also attack ...

This summery, fresh tomato sauce is bursting with the sweetness of cherry tomatoes. It comes together in less than 20 minutes and is perfect with pasta or fish for a weeknight supper. Heat the ...

There’s something about growing tomatoes that begs for experimentation. Rarely do we get excited about a new carrot variety or see all the green beans in a catalog and think, “Ooh, I wish I had more ...

Farmers in the Alberni Valley are on edge after elevated numbers of winter cutworm larvae were discovered in fields last fall. However, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) officials are saying ...