As your vegetable garden winds down for the season, it can be tempting to simply let it rest until spring. But what if you could put your garden beds to work over the winter? By planting winter cover ...

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a vegetable ...

Once fall rolls around, most gardens start winding down in preparation for the winter months. But without the right care routine, your soil is often left exposed to the harsh elements like snow, ice, ...

When the days get shorter and the temperature drops, it’s easy to think gardening is on pause until spring. But winter actually offers a chance to get ahead with a few simple tasks that can make a ...

“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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most people think that winter means everything in the garden apart from the tough old evergreens is dead or dormant. But that's not the case.

Winter gardening can provide a much-needed way to bring joy and color into our lives. Learn more about this and enjoy a delicious recipe for carrot salad. Aube Giroux is a food writer and filmmaker ...

In Paris, the menu at Les Résistants will soon feature the best that winter gardening has to offer: Azur Star kohlrabi ravioli with navel orange, kohlrabi kkakdugi, grilled buckwheat, Espelette pepper ...

Deep snowpack can act like a crystalline mulch, providing a protective cover with extraordinary insulating properties. Without snow, exposed soil experiences dramatic temperature swings that can ...

As nighttime temperatures cool, and we pick the last of our summer crops, it is time to prepare the garden for winter and next spring. Many activities done now can make your late winter and spring ...

Have you started your winter garden? It is time. Add 2 inches of compost and 10 cups of slow release lawn fertilizer, such as 19-5-9, or 10 cups of a “winterizer” fertilizer, such as 18-6-12, to every ...

As summer settles into a routine of 90- and 100-degree days, the closest we can get to the chill of autumn and winter are the snow cones the neighborhood boy is selling door to door. But as we ...