Cow panels are made of heavy galvanized cable and therefore are traditionally 16 feet long and and 52 inches high. There are two chief forms: one has constant spacing between the wires and the other has spaces between the wires that get broader from the ground up. If the latter is used for tomato crops, …
Month: May 2022
Although you probably think of these as nuts, almonds are actually a type of stone fruit. They climb in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 8, however, need specific environmental conditions to fruit successfully. These trees are susceptible to spring frost, need wet soils, and blossom just in cold, rainy weather. California …
Producing the largest fruit about the longest vines, the watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) also has the longest history of any of the melons. And most dieters concur; it is the sweetest of the bunch. The first recorded evidence of a watermelon crop occurred over 5,000 years ago in Egypt. Depicted at hieroglyphics, watermelons were put at …