With a little preparation and the right techniques, you can turn your vegetable garden into a winter pantry. Read on to find out how to prepare your soil, protect your crops and harvest vegetables ...

Any vegetable garden slows down as winter approaches and being proactive ... putting down cardboard, or sowing cover crops ...

Sections of the vegetable garden not overwintering cold-hardy crops also need ... is still warm and cover lightly with straw or hay. Preparing a wildlife garden for the winter months is a bit ...

Spread seeds on the soil surface and tamp them in, but do not cover them with soil. Plants tolerate wet soil, but wither in the face of drought. Sowing cool-season vegetables helps scratch the winter ...

Gardens will start to come back to life this month as spring approaches and there are key tasks to get done to prepare for ...

• Before the heat and dry air of spring and summer, update your irrigation system to in-line drip, flexible tubing with ...

When you're planning, planting and managing a vegetable garden, it's useful to know how long a plant will be in the garden, so you can replace it with another crop.

As nighttime temperatures cool, and we pick the last of our summer crops, it is time to prepare the garden for ... If planted now, your cover crop will grow through the winter.

Growing a great vegetable garden involves juggling the needs of dozens of different crops. Some like it hot while others prefer cool spring or fall growing conditions. Some can be closely planted ...

A 2023 report found widespread adoption of camelina, pennycress and other winter cover crops could reduce nitrogen loss by 23 percent, and soil erosion by 35 percent. “Low-carbon is not ...