Prepping garden beds in late fall can help keep pests, weeds, and diseases from away when its time to plant in the spring.
Find out which garden tasks pros do in late fall that take only a few minutes but have a lasting impact during the winter.
Raised beds make gardening easier, but winter can be hard on them. Bare soil sits there taking all the wind, rain, and ...
Winter can be tough on gardens, but you don't have to face the cold alone. We will let you know whether you need to cover ...
I’VE ALWAYS FAVORED RAISED BEDS – BOXED OR UNBOXED. OVER 30 YEARS, I’VE GARDENED AT EIGHT DIFFERENT HOUSES, EACH OFFERING GOOD AND BAD SOIL, SUN AND SHADE AND PLANTING SPACES THAT VARIED FROM AN ...
Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Hugelkultur is a funny-sounding German word — which ...
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 ...
Hurricane Hermine left us with lots of yard trash. But it’s not all bad. This presents a good opportunity to obtain lots of relatively clean and chemical free mulch for your yard and garden. Wood ...
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Cultivating raised flower beds in winter

If it is winter where you are, your garden may be in hibernation. But there is one area that can be used for a variety of gardening activities even now - the raised bed. If you have planned ahead, now ...