Empty raised beds? Fill them with these easy fall and winter gardening projects to keep growing, enrich the soil, and make ...
Mulch is a good friend to gardens. It helps soil hold moisture, keeps plant roots cool on hot days, and discourages weeds from sprouting. Many types of mulch add beneficial substances to the earth as ...
It can be useful to evaluate how your vegetable gardening efforts fared this past season and make notes for next year.
PRBDIPM — aka, the Pots in Raised Beds with Drip Irrigation Production Method — combines elements of several practices.
Here are some ideas for preparing your raised beds for winter. Take apart containers, put watering cans and décor items away, and drain your hose, pulling weeds and spent plants, applying winter mulch ...
Q: We won’t move to Las Vegas until after June 1, and I am excited about using a raised bed. I’m guessing that’s too late to start a salsa garden, so what are my options? Wait until next spring?
If you’ve ever stuck your hand into a raised garden bed on a crisp spring morning, you know the secret: it’s toasty in there!
Over the past few years, there has been a new trend in backyard gardening: raised beds. In particular, modular, coated-metal raised beds have become incredibly popular. And for many good reasons, as I ...
Let’s have a quick show of hands: Who enjoys weeding? It looks like nobody does. The only redeeming quality I find in the job is that it slows me down long enough to check on the plants that I’m ...
The benefits of raised gardens are seen in master gardener Laura Heldreth's victory garden. (Laura Heldreth) Pat Stephens and Judi Seifert are Clark County Master Gardeners, a program run by ...
Speaking of fungus, weeks of rain followed by blazing sun and humidity is a recipe for powdery mildew and other fungal diseases, especially on tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. Prevention is the best ...