Protect home-grown apples from insects...but how?

The straw bale gardens have been planted with over a dozen crops. Tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, broccoli and cabbage were transplanted. Beans, cukes, kale, acorn squash, carrots and beets were seeded. See how we did it!

Protect home-grown apples from insects by covering them wth plastic bags when very young. This along with planting a disease resistant variety allows you to grow completely organic apples.

Growing blue-flowering hydrangeas in the alkaline soil of southeastern WI is possible with the monthly addition of ammonia nitrate. Learn which hydrangeas will respond, what to use and how to do it

You can head to the Milwaukee County UW-Extension Horticulture page for more gardening information.