Planting in neat rows makes cultivation and harvesting easier, making it the recommended method. Space rows four to ten ...

Careful timing ensures crops can handle a little heat. But recently, sudden heat waves and long-lasting ones in already warm ...

Integrated methods are a combination of ecosystem-based approaches that focus on long-term controls. These involve biological, cultural, mechanical, and as a last resort, chemical controls. When ...

Whether you’re a gardener or small-scale farmer, you’ve probably been hit with advertisements, YouTube videos, and word-of-mouth stories about the next best thing to make growing plants easier. Your ...

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Blossom end rot, a condition that results when plants don’t have access to enough calcium, is another challenge of dry ...

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...

Many of the plants on this list have flowers called umbels. This botanical structure is a composite of multiple flowers that bloom closely together and create a flat or umbrella-like structure. Yarrow ...