Zinnias are easy flowers and a great companion plant, but they don't mix well with everything in the garden. We explain which ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he experiments with growing heirloom Jolly Roger sweet corn in winter within a ...

Companion plants play various roles in the vegetable garden community. The bean companions featured here enhance harvests ...

Pole beans and corn are two parts of the famous Three Sisters gardening method, one of the oldest examples of companion ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he introduces 10 unusual crops you won't find in most supermarkets but can easily grow ...

Matt McCarthy just started planting this week. He kicks off our Plant Your Independence Tour. Our team will follow 6 ...

You can’t construct a strong building on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a great corn crop on a weak root system. From freezing temperatures to voracious underground pests and other threats, ...

Tomatoes are the most popular home garden vegetable in America, and also among the most commonly sabotaged by their own ...

Some small grains planting has begun in the region. But questions remain about how farmers still could switch acres around among crops in a search for profitability as input costs continue to rise.

After a long, wet winter, we are starting to enjoy spring-like days, and blossoms are appearing everywhere, from the woodland ...

Having a good April seed-starting plan will eventually provide harvests for market or food for the people on the farm. The most important factors to consider are the local climate and the time ...

The Iran war has strongly boosted prices of the urea fertilizer that is vital ‌to ensuring a successful wheat harvest in ...