We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Winter often feels like a pause button for your garden. Some plants die back to the ground while others drop their leaves. Their roots wait ...

Learn how to improve your garden soil for new plants, whether you have clay or sandy soil, are using raised beds or other long-term methods.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now is the time to be thinking about planting a spring vegetable garden. One of the first things you will need to do before you ...

Get your spring garden ready for record-breaking tomatoes and peppers! In this video, we share the best techniques for ...

Most people don’t fail at gardening because they lack the ability to grow plants, they fail because they start off on the ...

If you’re planning a new bed for perennials, groundcovers, shrubs or trees to plant next spring, the path to success starts with a good foundation. It’s easier to improve soil before plants are in ...

Are we done yet? Can we just be done? I’m hearing this from some disgruntled gardeners who are weary of watering for less-than-stellar results. If you feel like tossing in the trowel, that’s very ...

When winter rolls around, it’s tempting to take a break from the garden. But there are a few easy things you can do now that will make spring gardening so much easier. If you’re tired of scrambling ...

If you are thinking about planting blueberries next spring, now is the time to begin preparing your planting beds. Blueberries need acidic soil with a pH of about 4.5 to 5.5. Our Inland Northwest ...

Usually mid-August is when I begin amending the garden soil for a fall planting of one of my favorite crops: garlic. It takes at least nine months for garlic to grow from small clove to full-sized ...

Colorful carrots are shown lined up on a table . Courtesy Getty Images. Do you have a gardening question? The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County can help. Our volunteers are part of the ...