I am active in several online gardening forums. As the heat peaks in the middle of summer, I always notice a spike in posts featuring pictures of scorched peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers (although other vegetables can also be affected). Many group members often misdiagnose the problem as blossom end rot,

If you ask a random person on the street to name the most common tools one would use in the garden, you’re going to hear words like shovel, hoe, rake, pitchfork, and pruners. These are all useful tools that I wouldn’t want to be without, but there’s one more that