Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You grew tomatoes successfully in that sunny corner of your garden last year, so why shouldn’t you plant this year’s seedlings in the same spot? It’s ...

Farmers and gardeners are always chasing that delicate balance between lush, thriving crops and sneaky pests lurking in the soil. But skipping one of the oldest tricks in the book—crop rotation—can ...

Stepping into your garden after a long winter and realizing you’ve become a vegetable tycoon is a feeling unlike any other. Gardeners everywhere dream of that moment—the moment when everything you ...

Raising a vegetable garden with years of continuous success and high-yielding plants is a skill. However, it’s not just a matter of having a green thumb. Utilizing crop rotation in the garden can ...

We know what you’re thinking: what is crop rotation? Well, it’s as simple as it sounds. Crop rotation is the practice of rotating crops belonging to specific groups around a vegetable bed from year to ...

As a horticulturist, many people comment on how I must enjoy my job working with nature. I would often correct them by stating my job was actually understanding nature and fighting its tendencies.

February is whizzing by and before we know it, planting season will be upon us. Avid gardeners have been poring over seed catalogs, inventorying their home seed libraries and planning this year’s ...

For the last several decades, the default path for American farmers and ranchers has been increasing specialization of the agricultural activities on their operations. In 1949, American farmers ...

Farmers have long debated which practices do the most to keep their soil healthy. Now, after pulling data from 21 long-term ...