A healthy tomato plant has bright green leaves.   Every once in a while, though, a tomato plant’s leaves will change colors.   Yellow tomato plant leaves can be caused by a number of things.  Tomato plant leaves can go yellow for a number of reasons, ranging from easily-fixed benign problems to problems that will require treatment.
Yellow Tomato Plant Leaves Caused by Normal Growth
Sometimes the leaves at the bottom of a tomato plant will turn yellow and become wilted.  This is perfectly normal, and you shouldn’t worry about it at all.   If …

Container gardens have so many benefits over traditional “in the ground” gardens. They need less water. I can control the soil quality. I can–with some dragging action–control the weather. But there are a few things that traditional and container gardens have to contend with. One of them is stinkin’ plant lice.
What are Plant Lice?
Some people call them aphids. Some people call them plant lice. Whatever you want to call them is fine, but you do NOT want them in your garden. These little buggers come in variety of colors (pink, …

Just because I garden in containers doesn’t mean I escape the drudgery of weeds and weed control. Ergh. In some of my pots, I still get occasional weeds. I figure the seeds are carried by the wind or birds, and dropped in my pots. The great thing is, weed control is sooooo much easier in a container garden that it would be if I had a conventional in-ground garden. In my little containers, I just pinch up the little offenders and go about my day. My larger containers, however, were …

In South Texas, we’re lucky enough to have two growing seasons.  This summer, though, the weather has been particularly brutal.  I lost most of my seeds and seedlings to three days of torrential (but much-needed) rains in late May.   The few plants that did survive have been struggling to stay alive.  I am outside watering them four or five times a day, and they still seem to be wilting from the extreme heat.  I’ve tried moving them shady areas (under large mesquite trees, and in the covered patio).   There’s really …

So I woke up this morning and found that my indoor herb garden had been attacked by whiteflies. Ergh!
Chances are, they have been there for several days but I just noticed them. In fact, I know that’s the case.
Whiteflies are nasty little critters that attack plants, but they usually go undetected until they numbers are plentiful. This is because white flies feed off the bottom sides of plants’ leaves.
I have already begun taking care of the problem.  If you have a whitefly problem, here’s how to get them off of …