Prep the location where you want your garden to be by leveling raised spots with a shovel, pulling out large weeds, and mowing the grass short. If weeds or grass were already growing in the area, lay ...

Water the straw bales deeply every day during the conditioning process, and apply another ½ cup of high-nitrogen fertilizer on each bale on days 3 and 5. On days 7 and 9, apply ¼ cup of high-nitrogen ...

There's something rewarding about plucking fresh herbs to accent your pasta sauce or crisp lettuce leaves for an impromptu salad. For many homeowners, though, the thought of tilling the land and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There's nothing like stepping outside on a sunny morning to tend to your garden—picking herbs for dinner, ...

Why grow in raised garden beds? The main advantage is that when your soil is poor that the depth of soil that the raised beds provide makes all the difference, particularly as it’s topped up with soil ...

A TikTok gardener has shared an important lesson about raised-bed planters that he, unfortunately, had to learn the hard way. In the clip, Uncle Josh Gardens (@theplanttechie) shared how the carrots ...

Spring is here, and those of us who garden are thinking about what we are going to do in our gardens this year. Some of us are very familiar with using raised beds for gardening. If you are ...