It's hard to imagine now in the hot humid July weather that a fall vegetable garden is only a short time away. Now is the time to be planning for that garden. It's time to think about what you will be ...
It may be the middle of winter, but gardening pros say now is the perfect time to start dreaming about your spring garden. With plenty of time before spring officially hits, there’s no need to rush ...
A well-planned vegetable garden provides an economical and continuous supply of fresh, nutritious vegetables throughout the season. An urban gardener with a fairly small plot can expect to raise a ...
Cold winter days might keep us indoors, but now is the perfect time to plan for warmer days and gardening. Consider these ...
Mel Bartholomew has watched many new gardeners tread down the same row to failure. The common mistake? They plant too much. “It’s so easy to put more and more in,”says the father of square-foot ...
These tried-and-tested garden planning worksheets will help you conquer the complexities of food self-sufficiency to reduce your grocery budget and provide wholesome food. The best gardening advice I ...
The past 10 years I have had my suburban lot vegetable garden: six 10-sq.-ft raised beds in my backyard: small scale gardening. After moving to our acreage in rural British Columbia, Canada, I now ...
Every gardener has their favorite tool, one that's always close at hand when they're at work. I asked the gardeners I know on Facebook and Twitter what their "must-have" tools were, and found that ...
During the late summer and early fall, we can still find attractive colors in our gardens. Today’s column includes examples of such late bloomers, which continue to enhance the landscape while ...
Our temperatures and weather conditions are what Nevada natives call normal this year, which means they are unpredictable. Many people were out and about the last couple of weeks with our “false ...