Growing Guides

Find Your State's Cooperative Extension Service...

Find your state’s Cooperative Extension Service location. Links to all 50 states below: Alabama   Alaska  Arizonia Arkansas  California  Colorado  Connecticut   Delaware  Florida  Georgia  Hawaii   Idaho   Illinois ...

Find Your State's Cooperative Extension Service...

Find your state’s Cooperative Extension Service location. Links to all 50 states below: Alabama   Alaska  Arizonia Arkansas  California  Colorado  Connecticut   Delaware  Florida  Georgia  Hawaii   Idaho   Illinois ...

Pole Bean Tipi

Pole Bean Tipi

Let’s go play outside! Whether it’s a tree house in the woods, a playscape in the backyard, or a pile of blankets over the picnic table, most children love the...

Pole Bean Tipi

Let’s go play outside! Whether it’s a tree house in the woods, a playscape in the backyard, or a pile of blankets over the picnic table, most children love the...

How to Grow Our Low Grow Flowering Pollinator Lawn

How to Grow Our Low Grow Flowering Pollinator Lawn

A little history about today’s lawns: The perfectly manicured green carpets that we still see in many neighborhoods only goes back a few decades. Back in 1960’s, many lawn mixes...

How to Grow Our Low Grow Flowering Pollinator Lawn

A little history about today’s lawns: The perfectly manicured green carpets that we still see in many neighborhoods only goes back a few decades. Back in 1960’s, many lawn mixes...

Add a little fence, gate and mailbox for more whimsy!

Sunflower House How-to

Sharon Lovejoy wrote the book Sunflower Houses over 20 years ago but the themes still resonate today. Inviting children into the garden to explore, learn and most of all have...

Sunflower House How-to

Sharon Lovejoy wrote the book Sunflower Houses over 20 years ago but the themes still resonate today. Inviting children into the garden to explore, learn and most of all have...

Winter Sowing Wildflowers and Beyond

Winter Sowing Wildflowers and Beyond

Cool season crops like spinach, kale and lettuce do great and can give you a head start without taking over your indoor space. Many perennials, herbs and even hardy annuals...

Winter Sowing Wildflowers and Beyond

Cool season crops like spinach, kale and lettuce do great and can give you a head start without taking over your indoor space. Many perennials, herbs and even hardy annuals...

Strawberries From Seed? Yes You Can!

Strawberries From Seed? Yes You Can!

The most common way to start a strawberry patch is to purchase bare-rooted plants, but starting from seed is more economical and can be much more rewarding.

Strawberries From Seed? Yes You Can!

The most common way to start a strawberry patch is to purchase bare-rooted plants, but starting from seed is more economical and can be much more rewarding.