5 Common Fertilizer Mistakes That Do More Harm Than Good in the Garden
People often don’t use fertilizer correctly in their home gardens. Lots of gardeners think plants will grow…
How to Winterize a Vegetable Garden in 8 Essential Steps
How a gardener acts, or doesn’t act, in the weeks after the last of the crops are…
9 Vegetables Experts Recommend Planting in Late Summer for a Fall Harvest
Lots of people with gardens think the season for growing is over when summer is done, but…
How to Extend the Growing Season by 6 Weeks Using Simple Row Covers
Why a garden gives you food for four months, but another for six, is often all because…
How to Cure Pumpkins and Winter Squash So They Last for Months
You can harvest pumpkins and winter squash in September or October and enjoy them for food all…
What “Days to Maturity” Really Means on Seed Packets and Why Most Gardeners Get It Wrong
You’ll find a ‘days to maturity’ number on almost all seed packets at garden centers: 60 days…
How to Plant a Productive Strawberry Patch Starting From Bare Root Plants
Buying strawberry plants with nothing on their roots (they’re asleep, as it were, and don’t have any…
How Legumes Fix Nitrogen in the Soil and Why Smart Gardeners Use Them as Free Fertilizer
All vegetable gardens require nitrogen, because it’s the nutrient that most directly causes plants to grow lots…
How Far Apart to Space Strawberry Plants for the Biggest, Juiciest Harvest
How far apart you plant your strawberries doesn’t seem hugely important, but studies on farms have repeatedly…
The Easiest Way to Make Leaf Mold Compost That Transforms Garden Soil
Each fall, people who own homes collect millions of tons of leaves and get rid of them,…