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, ...
Here are some ideas for preparing your raised beds for winter. Take apart containers, put watering cans and décor items away, and drain your hose, pulling weeds and spent plants, applying winter mulch ...
Raised garden beds are an easy way to grow vegetables. Dump good soil in a frame on the ground and plant. But gardening educator Melissa Mundt says if you want a successful summer garden in Tucson, ...
If you're cold outside, there's a fair chance your plants are cold too. Keep them warm and healthy by sprinkling a layer of ...
Spring is just around the corner, bringing with it the promise of vibrant blooms, lush greenery, and bountiful harvests. As winter’s chill begins to fade, it’s the perfect time to start planning and ...
What is 'no-till' gardening? Is it better for my garden than traditional digging and tilling every year or not? What are the advantages of this method and how can I start using it? This method of ...
With September here, those longing to try their hand at vegetable gardening next year may be under the impression they still have plenty of time ahead of them before needing to do much garden-wise.
January is a great time for Marin County gardeners to prepare raised vegetable beds for the upcoming growing season. Amending the soil in winter months ensures that the beds will provide vegetables ...