Weeding, fertilizing, and watering are all essential gardening techniques if you want to grow a large crop of healthy sweet potatoes. But you can enhance the growth of sweet potatoes even further and ...

"Discover my Full Garden Plan 2026 with a complete walkthrough of layout, crop rotations, and companion planting strategies! 🌱 In this video, I share my thoughts, insights, and hands-on approach to ...

Some things just go together like biscuits and gravy or peanut butter and jelly. Likewise, plants have companions that produce best when planted side by side, says Kathi Mecham, a University of ...

Some folks remember that jingle from a fad that started in 1970s, chia pets. Chia pets are clay figures of cows, dogs, etc., covered with moistened chia seeds that resemble hair or fur when they ...

A successful vegetable garden should not only contain vegetables. It should be a diverse planting scheme, or polyculture, that also includes herbs and a range of flowers. In an organic garden, ...

There are ways to improve soil health, control diseases and manage pests without applying heavy amounts of fertilizer or pesticides. For gardeners committed to growing several years into the future, ...

You may have overheard terms like no-till farming, crop rotation and companion planting thrown around at your local farmers market. But what, exactly, do they mean? All of these terms explain farming ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

A new computational model shows how different patterns of crop rotation -- planting different crops at different times in the same field -- can impact long-term yield when the crops are threatened by ...