What Year Is My New Holland Tractor

This resolution is really more for my husband, as he does the landscape design around here, but I'll have to voice my intention to tell him what plants need to be included. I will make a plan for one new garden space.

Now's the time to set our farm goals for the year ahead. Let us know what they are! One tool that I believe could be particularly useful to me is a mattock , a type of double-sided axe used for digging and cutting through roots.

The soil should be sandy and drain quickly. This typically occurs during the winter months when temperatures drop. When the weather warms up, it will return to its normal state. Heavy, moist soils will cause problems.

Salmonella is no stranger to peppers, avocados, basil, spinach, lettuce, beans, tomatoes, cauliflower, peanuts; and as recently reported in the news - parsley and sprouts. Produce rinses are readily available in the stores, but how many of us actually...

It thrives in warm and dry weather and makes the foliage turn yellow with white powdery patch.If you find these, cut off infected portions of the plant and treat the rest immediately with a fungicide, according to label instructions.

A note for when I applied fertlizer, and a reminder to apply more in two weeks? Portable and versatile, my phone is now my number one management tool, in the garden as in the rest of my daily life.

There is a seat available for riding while mowing, but it is unwieldy and should not be relied on. How many Americans buy a membership at a health club and walk on a treadmill, and then go home and sit on a riding mower?

Here are some of my farming-related new year's resolutions for 2018. Armed with appropriate tools (and plenty of dirt to fill in the holes), I will make sure these rocks find new homes this summer.

Deer in residential areas will feed upon garden plants, including hostas. These plants generally reach their mature growth in four to eight years and come in varieties including miniatures only a few inches wide to those reaching diameters of 8 feet.Deer...

Brown-looking leaves indicate that the willow tree has succumbed to a health problem. Willow trees that do not produce blooms in the spring may have died out. In fact, a lot of leaves may drop right before the tree goes dormant.Inspect your willow's limbs...

Remove the flowers and use them for best flavor. After a cold snap, dill droops or turns black. Use the tangy leaves and flowers in salads, pickles, sauces and potato and fish dishes.Dill's flowers attract beneficial insects to the garden.Plant dill in...

Dry, winter air from using heat in can also makes the plant lose leaves. Move your plant to a less drafty spot or increase the humidity with a humidifier.Insect pests damage ivy plants, causing leaf loss.

Because papaya trees are native to tropical climates, they do well with extreme heat; but if temperatures approach or dip below freezing, you'll want to shield your papaya tree from the temperature changes.

While under-watering causes the plant to dehydrate and wilt, especially during the summer, over-watering causes root rot. Mealybugs, spider mites and aphids are attracted to the tropical plants.

I resolve to have fewer plants and to take care of those better.: My number one resolution for the New Year is to enjoy myself. Concerns about being productive and income earning, in this current economy, interfere with creative recreational aspirations...

I've been leafing through the Territorial Seed Company's catalog too (and dog earring lots of pages!). I'll see what strikes my fancy when ordering time comes in a few weeks. The seeds aren't any more expensive than traditional varieties either, so I...

As the old year ends, gardeners make plans for the new one. We plant bulbs in anticipation of the spring show and pour over vegetable seed offerings. We have vendors listed from many countries and no matter where your garden is located, there should be...

Break your goals into increments. In December of 2010, the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, a survey research center at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., asked people if they make and keep New Year's resolutions, and 44 percent of them said they...

Overcrowding can cause poor blooming. Bearded varieties tend to bloom earlier than beardless types. If your iris didn't bloom this year, it might be time to re-examine your care techniques and the type of problems that sometimes trouble iris plants.A...

La Cuisine Creole A L'Usage Des Petits Menages by Celestine Eustis , published in 1904. My New Year's resolution is to learn to shimmy between the electric-fence wires on top of my fence and make babies with all the pretty Nubian does—ha! (You animal...

Adopt a regular irrigation schedule to provide a steady stream of water to the base of the hedge when the soil surface feels dry to the touch. Known as bronzing, this process causes more cosmetic harm than actual damage, and the affected plant bounces...

Unfortunately, this fungus comes from the soil and is hard to get rid of, so a total destruction of the sage plant might be inevitable. Take some cuttings from tender new growth and start new plants before the whole plant dies.

They're so small that it's easier to look for their webs rather than the bugs themselves. Water cacti from overhead with a strong stream of water to remove mites. Underwater, don't overwater, your plants.The spines on a cactus protect it from predators...

Place dill in a sunny window with southern or western exposure or use a grow light.Dill prefers slightly infertile soil. Excessive fertilizer causes yellow leaves or soft, mushy stems.

It could be hard to catch slugs in the act of eating your marigolds, because they mainly come out at night or in damp conditions.Birds have a tendency to peck at marigolds and other flowers.

Cut back other foliage if the tree is heavily shaded, particularly if the surrounding trees are evergreens like pine, fir or cedar.Prune maple trees sparingly, removing only dead or diseased limbs, or limbs that block sidewalks, windows or driveways.

It may look like your tree is dying. Treat this problem with strategic pruning and fungicides.This fungal condition causes thin needles in the crown of the tree, which may die and turn red.