Strong winds and thunderstorms have again done damage to tree leaves. I took a photo of a cement pad by my garage that was covered with tattered shreds of leaves from strong winds and heavy rains. I’ve had the north side or east side of my home covered with green...
For decades, gardeners from Spirit Lake, Milford, Cherokee, Storm Lake and Mallard have asked us which tomato varieties are “low acid”? Some folks have sensitive digestive tracts, but they still wish to enjoy a fresh sliced tomato! The answer to...
Last year I took this photo of my co-hort Todd Sunde eating the last peach from his ‘Contender’ Peach tree he grows in Emmetsburg. If I only had taken a video instead of this still picture! The juice from the peach can be seen running down Sunde’s chin and...
It’s the week of the Master’s Golf Tournament in Agusta, Georgia. Azaleas are normally in bloom during the four-day event in Georgia. Del’s offers the variety ‘Electric Lights Red’ in our nursery. The plants are completely dormant now and should be...
The USDA updated the Climatic Zone Charts for the United States last autumn. In Spencer, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Iowa and Stom Lake, Iowa we had been classified Zone 4A. A Zone 4 winter was one in which the low temperatures were between -20 and -30 without the windchill...