Legumes are a very important crop to include in the garden for the nutrition that they can provide us as well as the benefits that they can provide our soils and other plants. You see, legumes are a ...

Organic gardening is an approach to gardening that emphasizes the use of natural and sustainable practices to grow plants while minimizing the use of synthetic chemicals and artificial fertilizers. It ...

There’s organic wine, organic dog food, organic hair color and organic pumpkin spice latte-flavored beer. It’s a great, big organic world. And it’s getting bigger. Organic gardening is growing fruits, ...

When I was a kid, I hated picking beans. It was hot, humid, and eventually, I was sunburned from picking them. The work was intense, because my sister and I put off picking them until the bounty was ...

Before designing your garden, observe the amount of sunlight in your yard. Choose a sunny spot with easy access to a rainwater collection barrel or hose. Next, decide if you want to build raised ...

Peter Richards plants vegetables in organic mulch, and Tonya Ashworth talks about organic gardening. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local gardener Peter Richards ...

From droughts to flooding and heat waves, the weather has been tough all across the country recently. Did you know that pests can significantly reduce your garden yield? According to the Connecticut ...