woman's gloved hand holding garden trowel of soil over a raised bed - Corinna Kern/Getty Images Raised bed gardening aims to solve many of the challenges gardeners face when starting out, giving you ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If the physical strain of weeding is keeping you from growing your own vegetables, you may find that a raised garden bed is a better than an ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › For plants, soil provides another vital element. It doesn’t just deliver nutrients to ...

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 ...

A woman tending to small plants in a raised garden bed - Carlofranco/Getty Images That sinking feeling when your once-thriving vegetable garden starts to slow down and produce smaller harvests is ...

Gardeners generally like worms in the garden because they’re such good (and free) soil aerators and fertilizer producers. But in a dry August, worms sometimes seem to be missing in action, even in ...

The most common worms in gardens include earthworms (often called nightcrawlers), nematodes, and the worm-like larvae of beetles, moths, and caterpillars. Generally speaking, earthworms are beneficial ...

Now that it is growing colder you may be spending less time in the garden. Just because you can’t get your hands dirty doesn’t mean there isn’t time to prepare for the upcoming spring and sharpen up ...

“The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.” — Gary Larson Have you considered raising worms? While not a usual ...

FRESH START: Replenishing the soil lays the groundwork for a healthy growing season. Photo courtesy of Wild Abundance Warming greetings to you, March lambs. Our mountain home is abundant with blossoms ...