The ground may still be covered in snow, but now is an excellent time to start planning to improve the soil in your vegetable gardens for the planting season ahead.

Planting dry beans into spring cover crops could be a measure to protect young plants from damaging weather conditions like wind or hail. Dry beans are susceptible to damage from wind and other ...

Raised bed soil naturally becomes compacted over time and begins to settle and sink to a level that is no longer sufficient ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season. If you’re not ...

Winter can be brutal on your garden soil. What was once rich, lively earth can turn into a hard, lifeless slab by the time spring arrives. But there’s hope—and it comes in the form of a cover crop ...

As long as the season’s remaining freezes aren’t deep and long, plenty of crops can be sown. Many handle a light frost with ease and recover once the weather warms. Others require a kiss of frost for ...

When and how to terminate a cover crop in spring varies by farmer, but the practice usually has at least one common denominator – glyphosate – and it’s in short supply across much of the country. Ohio ...

These step-by-step instructions will help you feed your soil and beat weeds naturally. Sergiy Akhundov / Getty Images I greet every gardening season with bushels of ambition. But when summer’s weeds ...

Allowing cover crops to grow two weeks longer in the spring and planting corn and soybean crops into them before termination is a strategy that may help no-till farmers deal with wet springs, ...

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Discover how to make your raised bed soil last in our expert guide. These 5 steps can be followed to refresh and replenish ...

With the increased interest in sustainable agriculture, the use of cover crops and green manures for the home garden are becoming more common. Now is a good time to start planning for a winter cover ...