Fall is the perfect time to give your perennials a bit of TLC. From pruning to digging up tubers, the weeks leading up to ...

Key Points Raised beds are perfect for growing cool-season vegetables and annuals. Plant spring-blooming bulbs in your raised bed or start perennial seeds that require cold stratification. Use mulch ...

Henry Homeyer says it is important to clean up the vegetable garden now in order to avoid overwintering diseases.

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 ...

Protecting your peach tree in winter ensures healthy growth and a strong fruit harvest when the warm weather returns. Wrap ...

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 ...

As your vegetable garden winds down for the season, it can be tempting to simply let it rest until spring. But what if you ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Clean-up is an essential fall chore, but what it means — and how much you should actually do — has shifted in recent years.