Thinking about starting your own vegetable garden? We spoke to gardening experts about the crops that actually make sense ...
There are many vegetables to plant in September, which may come as a surprise. The peak growing season is indeed starting to wind down, but some quick-growing crops will give you harvests as the ...
Most people sow forage radishes in the fall and allow the winter’s cold weather to terminate the crop without manual intervention. However, you can sow these as winter cover crops in February as long ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for ...
If you are planting corn, provide adequate nitrogen for the crop during emergence and early growth stages, especially in a high residue field. A mature grass cover crop, such as cereal rye, can have a ...
Growing vegetables is a completely satisfying experience, and those homegrown crops will always surpass any bagged or plastic-wrapped produce you find in grocery stores. Even if you have a smaller ...
It's not too early to get a head start on fresh veggies.
Knowing your specific field conditions and area weather forecast can help you decide when the time is right to head to the field. When the race to plant crops gets underway in your area this spring, ...
Establishing winter cover crops after or between harvests can be a great way to preserve soil structure, protect against erosion and produce biomass that feeds the soil ecology. However, if you’re in ...
TAHLEQUAH – The change in season has local farmers planting fall crops, and their winter soil preparation methods are based on personal experience — plus how much work they want to do. Farmers at the ...