Early spring is the perfect time to get spring vegetable gardens planted. The cool weather and lengthening days are ideal for growing short-season leafy greens like spinach, lettuce, mizuna, arugula, ...

This bed of super-sweet ‘Napoli’ carrots is ready for old man winter. The soil was topped with a foot of shredded leaves and then covered with a row cover, which was secured by rocks and fabric ...

Q: With all the cold temperatures we have been having lately I have been covering my citrus with an old sheet but my neighbor says that will not protect it from the cold very well and I need something ...

While many vegetable gardeners probably got a few new gardening tools and books from their holiday wish list, there’s another must-have gardening tool that should be in every green thumb’s garden shed ...

After you invest the time and money into a vegetable garden, protect your investment with row covers. Floating row covers are made of lightweight material that protects plants from late frosts, winds ...

Interested in getting an early start on vegetable gardening? Or harvesting later in the fall? You don’t need a greenhouse or cold frame. Check into row covers that can be placed over plants to provide ...

During the garden season, I often use different types of covers over some of my vegetable plants. Since I’m frequently asked about this, I thought it would be helpful to explain when and why I use row ...

Q: I read your article about better ways to garden and was particularly interested in floating row covers to keep bugs off plants. Could you list the plants that would benefit most from row covers? I ...

Insects and vegetable gardening go hand in hand. An effective control method for some types of vegetable insects is floating row covers. Floating row covers are lightweight fine-meshed fabrics that ...