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Optimizing soil health in New Jersey
Rutgers Soil Testing Laboratory – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Optimizing Soil Health in New Jersey
By Stephanie Murphy, Director, Rutgers Soil Testing Laboratory Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Gardener News, January, 2017 While spring yard work involves preparation for summer vegetable gardens or rejuvenating lawns, at the top of your to-do list should be soil testing–after all, your landscape and garden crops are grounded in soil, relying on […]
Rutgers’ Matthew Elmore looks to control weeds
Matthew Elmore – Department of Plant Biology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Gardener State: Outdoors potpourri for Rutgers Day, turkeys, and poetry walks
Nick Polanin, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Gardener State: New crop of Master Gardeners blooms
Master Gardeners – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Master Gardeners of Napa County: Tomato-mania time
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Middlesex Co. offers workshop on unusual produce
Master Gardeners of Middlesex County – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Garden State: Who let the dogwoods out?
Thomas Molnar – Department of Plant Biology
What’s in Season from the Garden State: Jersey Tomato Throwback – Ramapo Tomato – 50 Years as a Home Gardeners’ Favorite
The year was 1968. Beehive hairdo’s were the rage, as were cars with lots of shiny chrome. New Jersey was lush with diners, drive-in movies and roadside farmstands. And the Jersey tomato reigned supreme. In 1968, there were a number of “Jersey tomato” varieties on the market–products of prior decades of breeding tasty, tangy tomatoes […]
