Adding garden articles and charts clipped from magazines or printed ... For a vegetable garden, record what crops were planted where so your crop rotation can be tracked from year to year.

We know what you’re thinking: what is crop rotation? Well, it’s as simple as it sounds. Crop rotation is the practice of ...

Today, I want to talk a bit about crop rotation. It’s not often the first thing a gardener thinks about when drawing out plans for spring plantings. It’s even less on the mind of the gardener ...

Now that we are in the doldrums of winter and our gardens are waiting to be woken up by the warmth of the spring sunshine, now is the perfect time ...

Using crop rotation helps keep insect pest and pathogen numbers at low levels. In addition, the type of vegetable grown in a particular area in a garden has a direct effect on the fertility of the ...

Companion planting can improve your herb and vegetable crops, writes Gareth Carter ... If where you live has no garden, herbs are attractive and great plants to grow in pots or containers.

It’s cool to know we can sustain them here.” Bumper crops of other bee species also visited in 2024. And Simpson spotted her garden’s first pipevine swallowtails (big, showy butterflies with ...

Use squirrel-proof bird feeders and consider planting squirrel-resistant crops. Physical Barriers: Erect fencing or netting around your garden. Ensure fences are at least three feet high and buried ...

Dakota Lakes Research farm in Pierre, South Dakota, utilizes multiple crop rotations. Dwayne Beck offers tips for producers when adding new rotations to their farms. The Dakota Lakes Research Farm ...

Onions were one of the earliest cultivated crops because they were less perishable ... Onions are an easy addition to the home garden. You can start them by seed or purchase seedlings from local ...