Straw bale gardens are becoming popular with growers plagued with poor soil or limited garden space, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Straw bale gardening combines ...

When it comes to treating weeds in a vegetable garden, you have to be careful of the methods you use so you don't harm the plants you want to keep, but still rid the soil of the nutrient-sucking ...

Whether it's in a fruit patch or a vegetable bed, that golden straw from oats or wheat makes a really good mulch. It helps retain moisture in the soil, reduce disease, and suppress weeds in the garden ...

With so many choices available at garden centers, how do you choose the best mulch material for your vegetable garden? Wood chips or pine bark? Or perhaps a synthetic material that will help trap ...

To grow a thriving vegetable garden, effectively managing weeds is a must. Reducing weed issues in new or established veggie beds often requires a mix of tactics and persistence. By using the ...

Weeds are more than just a nuisance in the garden—they compete with your plants for water, sunlight, and nutrients, stunting their growth over time. For centuries, farmers and gardeners have relied on ...

How does your vegetable garden grow? Mine is just getting started. I am picking asparagus every day (and trying to pull the weeds at the same time) and watching the lettuce and other greens that I ...

We carpet our homes but what about the garden? So I thought I'd carpet our vegetable garden to stop weeds invading my ...