Now that summer is a distant memory and fall has settled in, it’s easy to think your garden work is done until spring. But ...

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Source, time, place, and rate help vegetable growers manage nitrogen efficiently, reduce losses, and optimize crop health.

Following a dry summer, gardeners will be even keener than usual to lavish composts, manures and other bulky organic matter on their garden to feed soil and plants and to boost moisture-holding ...

A team led by Prof. Liu Xueyan from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new ...

Fall is a good time to repair bare spots in the lawn. Learn what steps you need to take to fix bare spots before winter temperatures arrive.

Healthy soil is the heart of thriving gardens and homesteads. Knowing the complex makeup of soil and how to care for it, can ...

Tweaking the nitrogen level is pretty easy and quick, but phosphorus and potassium take awhile longer to move in the soil and ...

A heavy rainfall could see your raised garden beds swimming in a pool of water, leading to soil compaction. Here's what you ...

There's no need to wait for warm weather to plant sweet potatoes. You can grow them in containers indoors. Learn how to propagate, grow, and harvest them.

To help my students get exceptional results from their gardens, I teach them to build soil health with regular additions of ...

To ensure your perennials last for years, winterizing them properly is important. Our master gardener dishes expert tips, ...