Plant cabbage six to eight weeks before your first frost to give it time to mature in cooler temps for sweeter heads. Keep soil moist, fertilize biweekly, and watch for pests like aphids or worms to ...

As the days start getting shorter and the temperatures slowly drop, summer crops begin to dwindle. This transition of seasons is the perfect time for gardeners to consider their next harvest; however, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cool-season crops thrive in the cooler days and nights that autumn brings to our vegetable gardens. With fall just around the ...

The end of summer is the perfect time to get your fall garden situated right before hunkering down for the first frost. Companion planting — the practice of growing certain plants together for mutual ...

TIME FOR SUNDAY. GARDENER I’M HERE AT VALLEY VIEW FARMS WITH CARRIE INGLE. GOOD MORNING. HEY, THERE. AND IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR WE’RE PLANTING SOME FALL SEASON CROPS, AND I LOVE VEGETABLES. SO AS YOU ...

We declutter the inside of our homes during “spring cleaning,” but when it comes to tidying gardens and yards, fall is the real star. “It’s the perfect time to focus on cleaning up gardens and ...

Recommended varieties: Early-season tomatoes such as ‘Bush Beefsteak’, ‘Celebrity’, and ‘Early Girl’ are ready for harvest 70 ...

More gardeners are building fall gardens even after missing spring planting, using cooler weather to grow quick crops and prepare beds for long-term payoff. Cool-season greens, root vegetables and ...

As summer winds down, it’s time to shift your focus from tomatoes and cucumbers to turnips and kale. For Rowan County gardeners, late July through early September is the prime time to start planting a ...