Aphids are a pest that most gardeners deal with at some point. Most of us see them every year in the late spring or early summer. While other pests may need help from us to be kept under control or to not kill the plant that we worked so hard to grow, aphids are not…
What can you do to prepare your soil in the fall for the next season? While the quickest and easiest thing to do is to add mulch (and it’s better than doing nothing), the BEST thing you can do for your soil is to plant cover crops. Get all the details on planting fall cover…
In many areas, especially in longer growing seasons, gardeners discover a mid-season fallow in parts of the garden where spring crops have harvested. This comes as a surprise to many gardeners, often in June or July. It’s prime garden season. Our summer crops are growing elsewhere. And it’s not quite time to plant fall crops….
When you think of planting a new garden, do you envision a yearly tilling? That’s the way gardeners have planted for decades, after all. But what if there is a better way? What if you could grow a garden without tilling? Personally, I haven’t tilled my garden in years, and I’ve seen the benefits of…
You’re already convinced that mulching is essential for the vegetable garden. But as a gardener who wants to choose organic inputs whenever possible, what kind of mulch options should you consider? Several years ago, I wrote an article about 4 mulches for the vegetable garden — each of which I had used myself to a…
When we think of the early spring in our gardens, most of us think of PLANTING! Yes, while this is the number one task most of us are doing right now, not far behind it is a process we cannot skip — mulching the vegetable garden. Most of us who mulch, and even those who…
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