TAHLEQUAH – The change in season has local farmers planting fall crops, and their winter soil preparation methods are based on personal experience — plus how much work they want to do. Farmers at the ...

There’s something magical about fall gardening—the crisp air, the golden light, and the quiet promise of another harvest when everyone else is packing away their tools. Most people think of spring as ...

Getting your garden ready for fall and winter is key to ensuring healthy soil and a strong start next spring. To prepare your garden, you should clean up dead plants, add compost or organic matter, ...

The kids have gone back to school, football season is upon us and pumpkin spice-flavored products are back. That can mean only one thing: Fall will be here soon — on Sept. 22, to be exact. Our gardens ...

Contrary to what most people may think, gardening doesn't have to end for the season with the fall harvest. You don't even have to be a pro gardener to start a backyard winter garden. And you'd be ...

We spent this past weekend attending Larryfest, an amazing bluegrass festival held in a pretty valley near LaFarge. After a weekend of playing, we returned home on Sunday to find we had lots of beans, ...

How are you doing on your fall vegetable garden? The soil should have been prepared by incorporating 2 inches of compost and 10 cups of slow release 19-05-09 fertilizer into each 100-square feet ...

Squashes are warm-season crops.

Your cotton fields might benefit from several kinds of winter cover crops which can control erosion, manage nutrients, and improve soil health, including a crimson clover cover crop or even a vetch ...

What are winter kill cover crops? What are the reasons for planting a cover crop in my garden at the end of the season? Planting a cover crop in your garden after harvest is one technique to help ...