When we think about vegetable gardens, we don’t usually think about interplanting flowers and herbs with our vegetables. In recent years, the internet has exploded with information and misinformation ...

I love a good list. As a serial planner, the idea of being spontaneous never crosses my mind. That includes my gardening regimen. And now is the time of the year when I get to organize and plant my ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, we talk with Liza Ziegler about why vegetables love flowers and ideas for companion planting. In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, we ...

Though we may already be blowing up the kiddie pool to declare the start of summer, technically summer doesn’t arrive until the solstice around June 20. That means early June is still considered late ...

To ensure success for your crops, direct-sow seeds as early as possible in August. If your frost date is rapidly approaching, look for fast-maturing crops or plant starts instead of sowing seeds. It ...

You could say that farming is in my blood. My maternal grandparents and great-grandparents were vegetable farmers. I’ve always had a deep connection with nature, having loved animals, getting dirty, ...

MIDDLEFIELD — Dominick Grant and Mary Farnsworth are hoping to offer the bounty of their small-scale organic farm with people who share their back-to-the-earth sensibility. For nearly two years, the ...