Author Susan Fisher Susan's Latest Articles Spud season: How to grow garden potatoes By Susan Fisher ● Features ● February 9, 2026 It's important to prepare your soil and seeds properly in order to grow garden potatoes. Five chores for fall gardeners By Susan Fisher ● Features ● October 30, 2025 This is one of the most important times of the year for your garden. Here's five tips to keep your garden healthy this season. Going nuts: A lesson in peanut patience at Brookdale Gardens By Susan Fisher ● Features ● October 3, 2025 Peanuts take 110 days to grow and still need several days to cure once they're harvested. Spring into gardening: How not to overdo it with your veggie patch By Susan Fisher ● Features ● April 18, 2025 Planting a spring vegetable garden is joyful, grounding, and deliciously rewarding. Here's some tips from the Bibb County Cooperative Extension. Composting: The lazy gardener’s secret weapon By Susan Fisher ● Features ● March 21, 2025 Composting produces less waste in the trash, more nutrients for your plants, and all you have to do is let nature do its thing.