In the fall, you might be tempted to remove the dead plant material, till your garden soil a bit, and put your garden to bed for the winter without another thought. However, you can also grow cover ...

By keeping living plants growing in the soil when vegetables are not, gardeners can build healthier, more productive garden ...

Any tomatoes currently on the plant as summer winds down are likely to ripen nicely in the next month or so. Current blossoms, however, may lead to good tomatoes, mealy tasteless tomatoes or none at ...

Fred Nichols, Huma's chief sales and marketing officer, discusses fall cover crop establishment and the use of humic products ...

Even if you have a small area, planting a cover crop in the fall is one of the most powerful and inexpensive ways to improve ...

Raised beds look fantastic in a garden, but they also come with lumber, brackets, soil, measuring, digging, and the small ...

Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...

Set each rhizome on a mound with roots spreading downward and cover with soil, leaving the top at or just above soil level.

Farmers see a variety of benefits when using cover crops in their fields and home gardeners can do the same. “Having living tissue, living plants on the garden the whole year increases soil health, ...

Tillage radishes are one option for a garden cover crop. Some days as a farmer it seems difficult to live in the season while planning and planting for the next season or even next year. However, we ...

A few minutes of fall garden maintenance can save a surprising amount of money, work, and frustration when spring arrives. A ...

Learn what to plant after tomatoes, including leafy greens, root vegetables, alliums, brassicas, and cover crops for a thriving fall garden.