Fall is the perfect time to give your perennials a bit of TLC. From pruning to digging up tubers, the weeks leading up to ...
“Wait a minute,” you’re saying. “Wood is expensive, and in your last column, you resolved not to use plastic in the garden.” Of course, dear reader, you are correct. Explains Ray, “I never buy the ...
Key Points Rosemary needs mulching, reduced watering, and possibly moving indoors in the winter.For indoor overwintering, give rosemary bright light, cool temps, and well-drained soil.With the right ...
As your vegetable garden winds down for the season, it can be tempting to simply let it rest until spring. But what if you ...
Henry Homeyer says it is important to clean up the vegetable garden now in order to avoid overwintering diseases.
Protecting your peach tree in winter ensures healthy growth and a strong fruit harvest when the warm weather returns. Wrap ...
When the season changes and your summer plants are gone, your soil begs for some sort of protection from the cold weather to come. Harsh winds, freezing temperatures, sleet, and snow can reek damage ...
If you can't bring your terra-cotta pots all the way inside for winter, you can still keep them safe from cold weather damage ...
Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...
With the winter season nearly here, green-thumbed shoppers can keep plants 'protected against wind and frost' with one simple ...
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 ...