Winter Safeguards for Your Garden

  The cultivation of potatoes originated in South America, where the Incas of Peru grew them for food some 10,000 years ago. The original potato, though, bore little resemblance to today’s enormous, oblong, white-fleshed tuber. [ … ]

Vermiculture or vermicomposting is the method of using worms to break down organic matter into useable compost for your garden. This method is catching on throughout the US, and you can often find “worm bins” [ … ]

It may seem like not much happens in the garden during September, and that spring is the only acceptable time to plant a crop of vegetables. And while it’s true that plants don’t grow when [ … ]