Once you have chosen an appropriate site, it is time to prepare it. Good soil is the key, and lots of it. I recommend at least 8 inches of soil. And don't skimp on it. A good soil base is essential to ...

If you have a garden, either for vegetables or flowers, one of your regular recurring tasks is to prepare the ground for planting. It may be something as simple as removing a completed vegetable crop ...

In this video, I give a demonstration of how to quickly make a garden bed for planting vegetables to grow at home. Plus, I explain the process I go through to see what the garden bed needs to grow a ...

Weeks of cold temperatures and rain have unsettled the gardening season. You may be raring to get your garden planted – but hold on. Sowing seed or planting seedlings at the wrong time will bring ...

Anything you grow at home is likely to taste better than what you'll get from the store, but grown in the right conditions, ...

Now that winter is fading, it’s time to turn our thoughts to spring and vegetable gardens. There’s planning and plotting to do about what you’re going to grow and where and when you’ll plant it.

Spring is a season of rejuvenation, and perhaps nowhere is that rebirth more noticeable than in the yard. Each spring, grass begins to grow again as inviting landscapes beckon people outdoors. Extra ...

As the weather starts to pull back from summer’s intense heat, it’s the best time of the year to do some planting. The key to successful gardening of any kind (vegetables, herbs or landscaping) is ...

Soil conditions go a long way toward determining if new plants will thrive. Spring is a season of rejuvenation, and perhaps nowhere is that rebirth more noticeable than in the yard. Each spring, grass ...