February has arrived and as a vegetable gardener, you are likely ordering seeds and making plans for your garden for the coming growing season. One factor to consider when planning your vegetable ...

Stepping into your garden after a long winter and realizing you’ve become a vegetable tycoon is a feeling unlike any other. Gardeners everywhere dream of that moment—the moment when everything you ...

Though it may be convenient to plant vegetables in the same spot year after year, it’s a risky habit, leading to pest and disease problems and nutrient imbalance in the soil. Instead, do what farmers ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You grew tomatoes successfully in that sunny corner of your garden last year, so why shouldn’t you plant this year’s seedlings in the same spot? It’s ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Today’s topic is crop rotation. Basically you don’t want to plant the same crop in the same area every year. Rotating your crops throughout the garden space will help maintain ...

Raising a vegetable garden with years of continuous success and high-yielding plants is a skill. However, it’s not just a matter of having a green thumb. Utilizing crop rotation in the garden can ...

Add one more to that list: corn and soybeans. Iowa farmers plant about 10 million acres of soybeans, alongside 13 million to 14 million acres of corn. Soybeans are considered the perfect complementary ...

As the growing season approaches, final plans are being made for home gardens. What to plant and where to plant are big ...

No matter how small your vegetable garden is—raised beds or otherwise—it's crucial to not the same veggies in the same spot every year. Farmers and home gardeners use this practice, called crop ...