Just Grow Something | Evidence-Based Home Gardening

June is peak season for fertilizing questions—and peak season for fertilizing mistakes. This episode breaks down the core principles of mid-season vegetable fertilizing: why nitrogen timing is the mos...

“My tomato leaves are turning brown — do I have blight?” Treating late blight like early blight — or vice versa — can mean the difference between saving your plants and losing your entire harvest.

Every year, gardeners across the country watch their squash plants collapse overnight and have absolutely no idea why until it’s too late. The culprit is the squash vine borer, and it is one of the mo...

Perennial weeds are in a different category than annuals. They don’t just re-seed, they regrow from the ground up, season after season, from root systems that can run three feet deep or spread fifteen...