A large raised garden bed with leeks growing alongside a green manure cover crop to suppress weeds and enrich the soil - La Huertina De Toni/Shutterstock It's common for home gardeners to give their ...

Discover gorgeous flowers, herbs, and cover crops that can be planted in fall, from September onward. Learn how to use these plants to add winter color, autumn edibles, and early spring blooms.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season. If you’re not ...

I know some gardeners really want to have a neat space, and they want each plant to have its own little niche with lots of space around it,” says Rebecca Last-Guenette, a mas ...

For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for harvest. I prepare the soil for the next year ...

Late summer heat still hanging around, so review irrigation now as the best planting time of the year approaches ...

Gardeners, don’t put away your spade and fork just yet Fall is the time to plant cover crops, and master gardener Orin Martin will show you how at an upcoming workshop at UC Santa Cruz’s Alan Chadwick ...

Learn when and how to plant Brussels sprouts for a fall harvest, choose the best varieties for your region, care for soil, ...

It’s the time of year to get gardening. Today let’s work on our biggest garden - our lawns. If you have sparse grass in parts of your lawn, spring is a great time to plant additional grass seed.

As summer fades, it can feel like your planting options are limited. With these crops, however, you can take advantage of the change in seasons.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Weeds are very likely number one on the buzzkill list for most gardeners. If allowed to get out of control, folks end up picking more weeds than veggies and the size and quality ...

Despite being among the easiest plants to grow in a home garden, tomatoes have many rules-such as a pruning deadline. Here's ...