Growing vegetables can feel challenging if your soil isn’t ideal, but many hardy plants don’t require perfection to flourish.

Learning how to plan and plant a vegetable garden is easy, once you know a little bit about the needs of various vegetables and how to annually rotate what you grow to improve the soil nutrients.

If you’re eager to keep gardening through winter, try these: Build planters to be ready to plant. Start a compost bin. Set up ...

The idea here is to plant a leguminous crop such as beans that enriches the soil with nitrogen, followed by a light-feeding ...

Gabriella de Souza is the New Hanover County Consumer Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Program Coordinator. The NC ...

In the fruit or vegetable garden it provides ... wheat straw is perfect for using in large areas and makes a long lasting layer that adds organic matter back to the soil. Wear gloves when handling.

Gardeners are being warned that now is the crucial time to put their "bare beds to bed" to ensure "perfect soil ... in turn will improve the soil and make sure the plants have access to everything ...

If you think gardening is only for warm, sunny days, think again! Cold-weather vegetables thrive when the temperatures drop, ...

Hot weather is here and that can bring extra challenges for vegetable ... plant can no longer keep itself cool and leaves heat up, causing stress. Make sure that you are providing water through ...