Tomatoes growing in a garden are covered in beads of water. - Susumu Yoshioka/Getty Images Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are a culinary staple, and for good reason. A tomato offers nearly 20% of ...

Even if you're low on outdoor space, you can still start a square foot garden — here's how.

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

Different cover crop application methods and timing of those applications were evaluated at Ivy Tech in Lafayette, IN. Cover crop treatments are highlighted from right to left which corresponds to ...

I can't promise you won't break a sweat, especially in hot, humid climates, but "no dig" gardening is much easier than dragging out the shovel to turn the soil and get your garden ready for planting.

Looking for a more sustainable way to garden? This technique could be the answer ...

My fellow Master Gardener Gayle Nelson is having a love affair with her new cloner. A tray of 20 gardenia cuttings produced roots in 4 weeks. A cloner is a machine that uses hydroponic methods to ...

Every stage in the development of your garden is important, but nothing matches the excitement of getting your plants into the ground once spring comes around.

Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are a culinary staple, and for good reason. A tomato offers nearly 20% of your daily vitamin C allotment, as well as potassium and antioxidants like beta carotene.