Healthy soil leads to healthy plants! Keeping your vegetable garden supplied with sufficient nutrients will lead to vigorous growth, robust vegetation, and more produce. While fertilizing isn’t always ...

Warm climates need fertilizer every one to two weeks; cooler zones may only need it once per season. Start with nitrogen-rich fertilizer at transplanting, then switch to phosphorus-rich for better ...

Using fertilizers in a vegetable garden helps to increase your yield and have strong, healthy plants that have better resistance to pests and diseases. Fertilizers can be organic and inorganic, ...

I hope you had some outdoor time on Sunday and have started your spring to do list! If you have never fertilized your yard and garden before – be brave and try it this year. Let’s chat about the types ...

In gardening, whether you're talking about pest control or fertilization, "organic" generally means natural. The word "organic" refers to "organic matter," the linchpin of organic gardening and, ...

To help my students get exceptional results from their gardens, I teach them to build soil health with regular additions of compost, deep mulching, and consistent fertilizing. If you’re short on time ...

The variety of fertilizers can be overwhelming — it seems as though there’s a special formulation for almost every plant on the planet. But fertilizing doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive, ...

Gardening columnist Elinor Teague gives advice on how to correct and amend soil conditions. JOHN WALKER Fresno Bee file photo Nitrogen levels are naturally low in almost all California soils and ...

Q: A friend gave me a bunch of air plants for my birthday a few years ago. I’m kind of pleased with myself that they’re still alive. I water them by dunking them in lukewarm water. Should I also be ...

My buddy John, who is the Rabun County Extension agent, came to Augusta a couple of weeks ago to teach the vegetable gardening portion of our Master Gardener training program. And like most subjects ...