CORVALLIS — The days are short, the rain often unrelenting, and the holidays fast approaching — but a little time in the garden or garage now can make a big difference come spring. A common question ...

Buying garden soil for your vegetable garden? Watch this video first to find the best garden soil to buy! Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in se Queensland Australia ...

If the leaves aren’t coming off your trees today, they will be in the next few days. Here’s a way to fight the leaf fall and use those leaves, rather than using your energy and wasting the large yard ...

Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit the presence of weeds in beds, and are easier on the body as they require ...

Are we done yet? Can we just be done? I’m hearing this from some disgruntled gardeners who are weary of watering for less-than-stellar results. If you feel like tossing in the trowel, that’s very ...

Fall is a great time to improve your soil for next year’s garden. Many of the resources needed are readily available and many are free at this time of the year. Start by putting fall leaves to work in ...

It will soon be time to start planting many cool season crops. There are several reasons to plant a winter garden. Many crops actually taste better and grow best in cooler weather. Also, a winter ...

How are you doing on your fall vegetable garden? The soil should have been prepared by incorporating 2 inches of compost and 10 cups of slow release 19-05-09 fertilizer into each 100-square feet ...

A fall gardening and soil health program will be held at the Bedford Garden Park Community Garden. The program will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Bedford Garden Park, 416 H St.

I recently returned from a visit to Flathead Lake in Montana. While there, I was fortunate enough to visit a three-acre (or so) vegetable garden (maybe small farm is a better term) thriving in the ...