Growing your own fruit and vegetables is rewarding and the best is when you come to harvest what you’ve grown. But if you’re just starting out, it can be a bit of a minefield as you build your ...

Saturday I will present a demonstration on summer pruning fruit trees at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. Summer pruning is used to help keep ...

Q: Some of the zucchini on my bush have rotten ends. Next to the stem, they re fine (the stems are fine too), but the zucchini quickly taper, turn yellow, and end in a brown rot. The ones I ve cut ...

After cool-weather crops are spent, till soil in preparation for fall vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower. Stake or cage tomatoes before they become too large. Plant okra and a second crop of ...