At this point in the season, there are a few things left to do to help transition your garden to winter and to prepare for next season.

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Plant beets now and harvest them in 50-70 days. They prefer cool weather, although, as root crops, they can handle more heat ...

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, ...

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To ensure success for your crops, direct-sow seeds as early as possible in August. If your frost date is rapidly approaching, look for fast-maturing crops or plant starts instead of sowing seeds. It ...

Healthy soil is essential for thriving plants. Unfortunately, not all plants thrive on the same nutrient levels. If your vegetables, shrubs or flowers look like they’re struggling, they could be ...

Companion planting vegetables, flowers, and herbs gives you a natural way to solve two of the main challenges we face when we grow our own food organically: controlling pests and maximizing our crop ...

We’ve put together a guide to spring plant sales across the Chicago's suburbs, featuring more than 40 sales by garden clubs ...

How do plants know what month it is? Plants don’t have an iPhone or a calendar to tell them what day it is. Instead, they rely on environmental clues. Since the Earth is on a tilt, the length of day ...