Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he experiments with a no-dig, no-bury potato growing method in a raised garden bed.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A good bit of prep work now makes life much easier next spring, and makes your raised garden beds healthier and more productive. I'm a master ...

Just about everybody agrees that raised beds are the way to grow vegetables in a home garden, especially when your alleged “soil” is lousy clay or construction fill. Raised beds elevate plants up and ...

Creating a thriving raised bed garden starts with the right soil mix, smart mulching, and thoughtful maintenance. Compost, organic matter, and moisture-retaining mulch can transform plant health while ...

Let’s have a quick show of hands: Who enjoys weeding? It looks like nobody does. The only redeeming quality I find in the job is that it slows me down long enough to check on the plants that I’m ...

Speaking of fungus, weeks of rain followed by blazing sun and humidity is a recipe for powdery mildew and other fungal diseases, especially on tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. Prevention is the best ...

May is the transition time. Spring blooming plants settle into summer, peach and plum trees hint at the coming harvest, ...

The best harvest for tomatoes starts with providing the best soil for tomatoes. Far from glamorous and usually lacking ...

For 17 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens and show beds, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come ...

For more than 20 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come into ...

Spring has sprung and gardening is ramping up. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension ...