The continual practice of ‘monoculture’ planting by farmers is becoming increasingly detrimental to the quality of produce in ...

As a dedicated gardener, one of the most effective strategies I’ve discovered for maintaining a healthy and productive garden is crop rotation. If you’ve ever faced issues like soil depletion, ...

February has arrived and as a vegetable gardener, you are likely ordering seeds and making plans for your garden for the coming growing season. One factor to consider when planning your vegetable ...

You grew tomatoes successfully in that sunny corner of your garden last year, so why shouldn’t you plant this year’s seedlings in the same spot? It’s tempting to follow the identical garden plan that ...

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, nuts and ...

For thousands of years, humans in places all around the world, including ancient Rome, have used an ancient gardening ...

Farmers have utilized rotations of multiple crops over a several year period for hundreds or perhaps even thousands of years. Archeological evidence suggests that farmers in the Fertile Crescent ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Today’s topic is crop rotation. Basically you don’t want to plant the same crop in the same area every year. Rotating your crops throughout the garden space will help maintain ...

In “Kitchen Garden Living” (Cool Springs Press, 2025), author Bailey Van Tassel invokes an easily memorized rhyme concerning crop rotation in the vegetable garden: “beans, roots, greens, fruits.” The ...