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 ...

Question: I would like to get my vegetable garden and annual flower beds ready for planting without having to do a lot of preparation next spring. What are some things I could be doing right now?

Raised-bed gardening has become a popular practice. Smaller lots and families have led to the downsizing of planting areas and the amount of produce needed. Raised-bed gardening is fun and enjoyable ...

If you're lucky enough to have had a busy growing season, you may, by now, be tired and ready to hang up your pitch fork for a cozy winter by the fire. But don't down-tools just yet. In order to ...

During the continuing pandemic, gardening has become a trending topic, leading many newcomers to try growing their own produce. While many gardeners work directly with the ground, some can't for one ...

Fall is also the best time to make soil amendments in your vegetable garden to give the nutrients a chance to “settle” over the winter. Courtesy Johnson County Extension With one extreme weather event ...

It's been a wonderful stretch of Indian summer and easy to be lulled into postponing garden chores. Get off your butt-inski (if you have to ask, yes, we all have one) and head outdoors. Walk around a ...

A woman tending to small plants in a raised garden bed - Carlofranco/Getty Images That sinking feeling when your once-thriving vegetable garden starts to slow down and produce smaller harvests is ...

As the air cools and the humidity finally dips, I and many East Texas gardeners start to feel that itch to get outside and “clean up.” Fall is, without question, one of the best seasons to reset your ...

If this is really going to be the year that you get serious about raising garden-fresh vegetables, put in the key and get the engine started. The race is about to begin and your first crops are ready ...