Wondering what soil to use for vegetable garden beds to produce big yields of veggies? We asked the pros for you.

It seems like anyone who is growing vegetables is doing it in raised beds. There are several reasons why building a frame and ...

Just about everybody agrees that raised beds are the way to grow vegetables in a home garden, especially when your alleged “soil” is lousy clay or construction fill. Raised beds elevate plants up and ...

Control freaks (guilty!) can sometimes have conniption fits out in the garden, where everything from the weather to the worms simply cannot be tamed. But a DIY raised garden bed? In many ways, it’s ...

Building a raised garden bed is not very complicated; basically, it’s just an extra-large pot filled with soil. While the construction of the walls is important both aesthetically and functionally, ...

Well, you knew it was coming. If you were hoping that those last few green and rock-hard tomatoes would magically turn into truly vine-ripened beauties, that ship sailed at approximately 4:32 a.m.

If your garden beds look tired, crusted over, or slow to wake up after winter, you're not alone. A hard freeze, deep snowpack, ice, foot traffic, and salty runoff can leave spring soil compacted, low ...

Last summer was exceptionally hot and desperately dry in my area of Western Massachusetts. Streams dried up as neighbors’ wells failed, and I struggled to keep my vegetable garden alive without ...