Q: When can I plant winter vegetables? I would also like to plant some cool-weather flowers (pansies).

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Grow sweet alyssum to provide nectar for hoverflies, which feed on aphids. Each spring, I grow legions of onions and shallots from seed, and my biggest challenge is keeping them weeded. Last year, I ...

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With the current interest in vegetables and other home-grown produce at its highest level in decades, we all want to know how to grow the best vegetables. In order to bring your produce to your table, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University has an award winning gardening CD that could be a handy tool for beginning gardeners. And while it might not be a rake or a hoe, the "Beginner's Guide to ...

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If you’re just getting into square foot gardening for the first year or looking for a fresh way to plan your small space vegetable garden, you’re going to love this companion planting chart! At ...

A fall vegetable garden will be the best garden you’ll ever raise in Las Vegas. No, it’s not too hot to plant and here’s why. Nighttime temperatures are cooling — it’s just what cool-season vegetables ...