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Keeping track of your garden as the season goes on is important in the organic garden. Crop rotation is a cultural practice that requires record keeping.

All northern gardeners strive to squeeze production into summer's short growing season, but few bother to plant crops they can harvest during the snowy months.

Organic gardeners grow beets in the ground and the container garden for the roots and salad greens. Gardeners can fertilize and control beet pests without chemicals.

Losing leaves helps a tree go dormant and survive winter. These same leaves can help your plants survive winter and improve the garden soil.

Snap beans become sweeter after the first cold snap. Squash becomes delectable. The list of vegetables for the fall garden is as diversified as the vegetables are tasty.

Snap beans become sweeter after the first cold snap. Squash becomes delectable. The list of vegetables for the fall garden is as diversified as the vegetables are tasty

There's no magic to growing produce. But there are many easy-to-grow vegetables that make a first home garden almost effortless.

Decide what you want to grow in your garden and learn how to plant them.

By knowing which plants like to grow together and which ones don't, your garden can be more productive than ever.

The vegetable garden may not be producing this late in the year but the work is not over. Preparing for spring gardening begins in late fall.

Create a luscious soup, brimming with the bounty of the fall season. This Late Autumn Soup features all of those late-season vegetables still growing in the garden.

Take a look at the water garden plant Colocasia esculenta and its uses as a root vegetable and ornamental aquatic decoration.

Beets. The very word conjures childhood memories of sitting at the table, staring at one's plate, and glaring at the maligned--and uneaten--vegetable.

There is more to planting a vegetable garden than throwing in seeds - or even planting seedlings in neat rows. Crop rotation will ensure freedom of disease and good soil.

Gardeners and farmers have relied on the information contained in these annual reference books for over 150 years.

Reap the benefits of garlic by growing the bulbs in the organic garden. This easy vegetable will supply your table with fresh garlic for healthy cooking all year.

The appeal of fresh vegetables year round makes indoor gardening a satisfying pass-time.

Raised garden beds crop well and save much hard work in vegetable gardening. They are particularly useful in small gardens and for older or disabled gardeners.

Create Corned Beef and Cabbage and Colcannon along with Baked Irish Parsnips for dinner.

From pest outbreaks to successful harvests, learn how to organize your garden story and record garden ideas in your organic garden diary.

Preparing for a new gardening year. Making sure that your American garden is in the best shape possible for the new season.

The move from nomadic tribalism to the establishment of sedentary communities coincided with a food revolution tied to agricultural exploitation.

Organic gardeners depend on garden tools to help them get high performing flowering and vegetable plants in the natural landscape.

A tiny book packed with solutions for every gardener's most bothersome problems.

Almost everyone can grow tasty, healthy vegetables on their own at home. Now you can enjoy the health benefits and the savings by starting your own garden.

Growing all the vegetables a family can eat in gardening space previously unseen. Unconventional vegetable gardening techniques are becoming more popular all the time.

The seed and greenhouse industries are preparing for a surge in backyard vegetable gardens as consumers try to cut costs and ensure they're eating safe, delicious food.

Lower than average rainfall predictions can make watering difficult. Try using gray water, or waste water, to water indoor and outdoor plants, saving money on your water

Don't rest on your laurels now that you've got everything planted. Your crops need more from you than the occasional watering in order to thrive.

Growing garlic is easy, and so is keeping it fresh for healthy, flavorful cooking! Read on for spring and summer garlic care, and check out great fall planting tips too!

Growing fruit trees in the garden means an abundant supply of fresh fruit in season - fruit that has not been sprayed with anything toxic.

Taking the time to properly prepare for your first vegetable garden can make all the difference between success and failure.

Gardeners in cold-climate areas that freeze hard during the winter may need to take extra steps to protect their plants from the ravages of cold, sun and frozen ground.

Winters with snow, ice, freezing, ice storms, and all of the other calamities of the Northern climate and ruin a garden. Learn some simple methods for protecting plants.

"This cabbage, these carrots, these potatoes, these onions all will become me. Such a tasty fact!" (Mike Garofalo)

Certain agricultral chores are more successful when one pays attention to what sign of the zodiac the moon is in.

Make 3 different stews. The first is traditional and plain. The second can be made in the oven and has a little more ingredients. The third is done in the Crock Pot.