In the wild areas on our planet, trees, bushes, and grasses grow on ground that has continual additions of new layers of dead and dying plant matter. Leaves fall from trees and shrubs, grasses dry in ...

If you're tired of all the maintenance that comes with a traditional garden, it might be time to try the "no-till" route.

While the practice of no-till gardening is not new, information has traditionally centered on agricultural field crops. Now, home gardeners are catching on. “The concept of no-till has been around for ...

Last summer, veteran organic farmer Scott Park was bewildered when he surveyed his vast tomato, corn, and sunflower fields. Before planting the crops on 350 acres he had radically cut down on tilling ...

LITTLE ROCK — Row crop farmers considering organic production will be able to see no-till, organic field production ...

What is 'no-till' gardening? Is it better for my garden than traditional digging and tilling every year or not? What are the advantages of this method and how can I start using it? This method of ...

Do you associate vegetable gardening with the heat of summer, like fireworks on the Fourth of July or the drone of air conditioners on an August afternoon? The amazing thing about California is that ...

The Cook’s Garden: A Gardener’s Guide to Selecting, Growing, and Savoring the Tastiest Vegetables of Each Season: A Cookbook “The key to success in the kitchen is just to enjoy it,” promises chef ...

You need to get your plants off on the right foot by planting them the right way. Here's what I mean. When I first started gardening, I thought the best vegetable starts to buy were the ones that were ...

Editors’ Note: Today, we introduce our year-long reporting series on rural America, the Rural Environment and Agriculture Project (REAP). Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats ...

These are carpenter ants, which are generally not harmful to trees. They may even help reduce rot by cleaning out the soft/moist decaying wood. Q. I was asked to cut off a couple of dead branches from ...

In the wild areas on our planet, trees, bushes and grasses grow on ground that has continual additions of new layers of dead and dying plant matter. Leaves fall from trees and shrubs, grasses dry in ...