January is a great time for Marin County gardeners to prepare raised vegetable beds for the upcoming growing season. Amending the soil in winter months ensures that the beds will provide vegetables ...

Fill your raised beds with well-draining, nutrient-rich soil for better vegetables. Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, ...

A woman tending to small plants in a raised garden bed - Carlofranco/Getty Images That sinking feeling when your once-thriving vegetable garden starts to slow down and produce smaller harvests is ...

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, ...

It’s easy to overlook the soil when you’re excited to start planting, but skipping this step can lead to a lot of frustration later. I used to think I could get straight into digging and planting the ...

If this is really going to be the year that you get serious about raising garden-fresh vegetables, put in the key and get the engine started. The race is about to begin and your first crops are ready ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season. If you’re not ...

No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season. If you’re not acquainted with ...

As gardeners, the cusp between late winter and early spring is full of anticipation – the beds that lay bare throughout the colder months are suddenly full of potential as we start planning the ...

Kelsey is a senior editor with Outside’s health and culture teams. Before moving to Santa Fe she reported on food, health, and environmental news from D.C., New York, Alaska, and Michigan. New perk: ...