How to Choose the Best Fall Fertilizer for Anything in Your Garden
Fall is one of the three times of year you fertilize. When plants are ready to wake up in spring, you surprise them with a brunch of nitrogen-rich plant food…
How to Rejuvenate the Soil in Your Raised Garden Beds
It’s the end of the season, and we’re all starting to tuck in our garden beds for winter. The soil in your raised garden bed has worked hard all season…
Plant These Winter Cover Crops Now for Better Soil in the Spring
Photo: Richard Bednarski (Shutterstock) It’s difficult to overstate the benefits of a cover crop for your garden. In addition to helping replenish the nitrogen in your soil, cover crops also…
What You Need to Do Now to Prep Your Garden for Winter
Photo: Michele Ursi (Shutterstock) With cooler weather on its way, harvesting and cleaning up your garden beds should be on your fall agenda. While your garden might not be actively…
How to Improve Your Garden Soil Quality Over the Winter
Photo: Kristi Blokhin (Shutterstock) After you’ve cleaned up the beds and put the hose and most of your tools away for the season, you may think that there’s nothing else…
How to Plant a ‘Fall Cover Crop’ This Fall to Protect Your Garden for Winter
Photo: Oleksandr_U (Shutterstock) When the season changes and your summer plants are gone, your soil begs for some sort of protection from the cold weather to come. Harsh winds, freezing…