Garden catalogs are arriving, making gardeners think about last year’s garden and what we can improve on this year. If you had issues with insects and diseases last year, or wish to extend the garden ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Covering plants for good health is not new. Gardeners were popping cloches -- bell-shaped glass jars -- over the top of vulnerable greenery ...

Last year everyone suffered from whiteflies caused by a lack of winter cold. Whether they will be as much a problem this year remains to be seen. My vegetable garden was besieged by whiteflies, which ...

This bed of super-sweet ‘Napoli’ carrots is ready for old man winter. The soil was topped with a foot of shredded leaves and then covered with a row cover, which was secured by rocks and fabric ...

Garden plants fight a daily battle against frost, pests, wind, and blazing sun. Row covers help win that battle, yet ...

I am celebrating my birthday this week, and so I am going to indulge myself by writing another column on a cheery topic, namely gardening. My May 9 column talked mainly about soil amendment and choice ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Want to enjoy fresh salads of lettuces, spinach ...

Early spring is the perfect time to get spring vegetable gardens planted. The cool weather and lengthening days are ideal for growing short-season leafy greens like spinach, lettuce, mizuna, arugula, ...

While many vegetable gardeners probably got a few new gardening tools and books from their holiday wish list, there’s another must-have gardening tool that should be in every green thumb’s garden shed ...

Spring snow peas picked right off the vine are nothing like those limp things you buy in the store. It's even truer of sugar snap peas, their hybrid cousin. Somehow the sugars just vanish in cold ...

Floating row cover is one of the most important tools for gardeners from fall through spring. Draping it over tender plants in the fall when the first freezing weather arrives can give plants at least ...

Q: I read your article about better ways to garden and was particularly interested in floating row covers to keep bugs off plants. Could you list the plants that would benefit most from row covers? I ...