At this point in the season, there are a few things left to do to help transition your garden to winter and to prepare for next season.

Any tomatoes currently on the plant as summer winds down are likely to ripen nicely in the next month or so. Current blossoms, however, may lead to good tomatoes, mealy tasteless tomatoes or none at ...

Thinking about your fall garden? Here’s expert advice on planting and growing fall garden crops, including a fall garden planting schedule. As summer draws to a close, gardens everywhere can morph ...

Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...

On Saturday, October 4 from 9:30 a.m, to 12:30 p.m., learn how to grow your own compost with soil-building cover crops at a lecture and demonstration workshop. Gardening instructors Orin Martin and ...

Boot on a shovel in the dirt, surrounded by garden produce including pumpkins, potatoes, beets, and carrots - Viktor Sergeevich/Shutterstock The growing season may be winding down, but it's not the ...

Farmers see a variety of benefits when using cover crops in their fields and home gardeners can do the same. “Having living tissue, living plants on the garden the whole year increases soil health, ...

With cool-season vegetable crops going into the ground, many gardeners who ventured into cover cropping last autumn may ask a familiar question: What do I do now? Their crops have fulfilled their ...

There's something quietly satisfying about a fall harvest. The air is cooler, the light is softer, and the beds that spent ...

What’s actively growing in your vegetable garden in the middle of October? You may have some late winter squash yet to be harvested, but warm-season stalwarts such as cucumber and summer squash are ...

Have you heard of cover crops? While farmers usually use these during the off-season to protect soil, gardeners usually overlook this tool. Healthy soil is the backbone of every thriving garden and ...