From cleaning up vegetable beds to adding lime, these simple autumn chores prevent disease and prepare your soil for next ...

In addition to diseased plants, you should also pull weeds from your garden as soon as possible to ensure they don’t get the ...

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Fall testing is ideal because it gives you plenty of time to get results back from the lab and to begin improving your soil ...

Photo courtesy of UGA CAESControlling the erosion of your soil can improve your vegetable garden and protect the soil. Soil erosion is related to multiple factors, including the type of soil and how ...

Q: What advice can you give for starting a vegetable garden? Is it too late in the season? A: Having a successful vegetable garden in our fickle Northwest climate can definitely be a challenge. But ...

From kale and leeks to garlic and parsnips, our growing guide shares tips for planting, protecting and harvesting throughout ...

Vegetable gardeners are always looking for ways to boost production, and one of those ways is to fertilize the garden soil. Sometimes fertilizer is applied in amounts well above what is necessary for ...

Many people do not realize the difference between soil and dirt. Soil is alive and dirt isn’t. Plants will grow in soil, but they cannot grow in dirt (unless you add the needed nutrients). For your ...

Q: I had terrible luck with multiple seeds/starts in my garden beds this year. I think it is my soil but I’m not sure what to do about it. The soil is two to three years old, a mix from a bulk company ...

Rats love some of these veggies because they grow deep in the ground, which is ideal for the sneaky critters, while they ...