Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when main crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

As we creep toward spring, many gardeners begin to get the urge to get out in the garden. Seed starting and garden planning activities are well under way. One gardening technique that many gardeners ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various ...

Crops with allelopathic properties may suppress subsequent crop growth. Cover crops may be sown to protect soil from erosion, for snow trapping or to increase soil organic matter. When the cover crop ...

Last fall, MOTHER EARTH NEWS launched our Organic Pest Control Survey to learn ... comes to limiting insect damage in organic vegetable gardens. About 1,300 gardeners from across North America ...

Thousands of years of prairie grass growth, death and decomposition have left a thick layer of dark, organic matter on the ... increasingly difficult to grow crops for food. Without altering ...

We have in this country the most abundant, cheapest food in the whole world and yet we live in the sickest country in the ...

A gardening expert has explained the seven important steps that will head to a bumper crop of vegetables this year.