Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables Keep a watchful eye out for cabbage worms, potato beetles, bean beetles, blister beetles, corn earworm, cucumber beetle, and squash vine borer in the garden. Good insecticides for the garden include carbaryl, Bt-dust (for caterpillars), spinosad, diatomaceous earth (for aphids), and pyrethrum dust. Control weeds, too, because they compete for resources (light, water, nutrients) needed

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables As soil temperatures consistently get into the low 60s, you can seed things like beans and corn. When soil temperatures get into and above the mid-sixties to the low 70s, think about crops like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash and melons. Watch for aphids on tender growth such as new cabbage leaves. Wash off with a strong water spray or try something like diatomaceous earth (DE) and

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables Before setting them in the garden, harden-off transplants by placing them outdoors a few days to a week ahead of anticipated planting. Continue planting the spring garden – onions, cabbage, carrots, lettuce, spinach, mustard and turnips. Now is the time to set out herb transplants like cilantro, chives, sage, rosemary, thyme, and parsley. Sow dill directly in the garden. Continue growin

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables Analyze last year's garden planting, fertilizing, and spraying records. Make notes to reorder successful varieties as well as those you wish to try again. Now is a good time to pour through the seed and plant catalogs and online seed sources for new varieties. An important consideration is improved insect and/or disease resistance. Watch also for heat and drought-tolerant types. Make su

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables Analyze last year's garden planting, fertilizing, and spraying records. Make notes to reorder successful varieties as well as those you wish to try again. Now is a good time to pour through the seed and plant catalogs and online seed sources for new varieties. An important consideration is improved insect and/or disease resistance. Watch also for heat and drought-tolerant types. Make su