Getting your garden ready for fall and winter is key to ensuring healthy soil and a strong start next spring. To prepare your garden, you should clean up dead plants, add compost or organic matter, ...

If you want to invest in planting fruit trees in hopes of a harvest, one of the most important things to understand is how to prep your soil ahead of time. That starts with understanding how excessive ...

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Fall brings cooler temperatures, shorter days, and the perfect opportunity to prepare your landscape for winter while setting ...

Think ahead to spring planting time. One way to get the jump on that season is by readying the soil now. For instance, you could till now rather than in spring. Don't till as thoroughly as if you were ...

In my last column I discussed the steps needed to establish a new vegetable garden in an area that has not been used before. The activities included mixing organic matter, gypsum and possibly lime or ...

Here in southeastern Michigan, we have just about enough time for a fall crop of leaf lettuce. About four weeks from the average first frost of autumn is a good approximation of the last chance to ...

After you've harvested some great summer crops but before you winterize your garden, why not squeeze out a fall crop? When it comes to popular root vegetables, there are few more beloved than the ...

Nelson Produce Farm hosted its own watermelon festival where guests came from around Nebraska to enjoy a break from the heat with watermelon themed actives Now is a good time to prepare the soil for ...

You can plant dormant trees and shrubs and sow native plant seeds in January to get a head start on your garden. Discover three fruit-producing plants and six native plants to add to your garden this ...

Healthy soil is the key to happy plants. Whether you're about to create your first garden from scratch or beginning to prep existing beds for the coming growing season, take the time to check your ...