Any tomatoes currently on the plant as summer winds down are likely to ripen nicely in the next month or so. Current blossoms, however, may lead to good tomatoes, mealy tasteless tomatoes or none at ...

For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for harvest. I prepare the soil for the next year ...

Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...

With days growing shorter and crisp autumn weather just around the corner, there’s no better time to get started on end-of-summer gardening tasks to prepare your garden for a fall harvest. Even if ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season. If you’re not ...

Right now, it seems like vegetable garden season will go on forever. But we know that eventually the cold weather will show up and put an end to our garden. Since we know it’s going to happen, let’s ...

The long summer of vegetable gardening can leave your soil in need of some rejuvenation, a perfect job for cover crops. Also known as “green manure,” cover crops are a natural and easy way to keep ...

With milder temperatures and increased rain, fall is a wonderful time for planting and readying next year’s garden. But did you know there are crops you can plant now that will improve the soil for ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall is a great time to apply soil amendments to the garden, the lawn and our crop fields. Compost, composted or aged manure, fertilizers and lime can all ...