Garden Learning Center: Park's Blogs

The Beginning Gardener’s Guide to Composting
Composting Can Lead to More Fulsome Plants, Vegetables, and Flowers While we love to plant and admire our beautiful results in our gardens, we sometimes forget about our soil. As...
The Beginning Gardener’s Guide to Composting
Composting Can Lead to More Fulsome Plants, Vegetables, and Flowers While we love to plant and admire our beautiful results in our gardens, we sometimes forget about our soil. As...

How to Deter Deer from Your Garden
The Buck Stops Here Did you know that an adult deer will eat six to 10 pounds of greenery daily? You probably do if your yard is their dining room!...
How to Deter Deer from Your Garden
The Buck Stops Here Did you know that an adult deer will eat six to 10 pounds of greenery daily? You probably do if your yard is their dining room!...

Park's Guide to Early Season Tomatoes
Two Kinds of Tomatoes that Ripen Fast Whether you have a short growing season or simply want to begin tomato season a few weeks early, these fast-ripening varieties are your...
Park's Guide to Early Season Tomatoes
Two Kinds of Tomatoes that Ripen Fast Whether you have a short growing season or simply want to begin tomato season a few weeks early, these fast-ripening varieties are your...

Park's Guide to Cherry Tomatoes
Different Kinds of Cherry Tomatoes to Grow Nature's perfect snack for a hungry gardener is also a bite-sized treat for salads and garnishes. Cherry tomatoes are small, round fruits that...
Park's Guide to Cherry Tomatoes
Different Kinds of Cherry Tomatoes to Grow Nature's perfect snack for a hungry gardener is also a bite-sized treat for salads and garnishes. Cherry tomatoes are small, round fruits that...

Know Before You Grow: Mint
How to Grow Mint from Seeds Ideal to grow for beginning gardeners, mint Is the easiest of all herbs to grow. Mint is a hardy perennial in Zones 4-9, in...
Know Before You Grow: Mint
How to Grow Mint from Seeds Ideal to grow for beginning gardeners, mint Is the easiest of all herbs to grow. Mint is a hardy perennial in Zones 4-9, in...

Bean Diseases: Abbreviations Defined
Bean Diseases-Abbreviations Defined Selecting the best varieties of vegetables to grow each year should include not only flavor, yield, and growth habit, but also disease resistance. Disease resistant varieties will...
Bean Diseases: Abbreviations Defined
Bean Diseases-Abbreviations Defined Selecting the best varieties of vegetables to grow each year should include not only flavor, yield, and growth habit, but also disease resistance. Disease resistant varieties will...