Key Points Raised beds are perfect for growing cool-season vegetables and annuals. Plant spring-blooming bulbs in your raised bed or start perennial seeds that require cold stratification. Use mulch ...

Winter may seem like a season of rest for gardeners, but it begins with a unique set of challenges. As temperatures drop and frost starts to set in, some plants—especially those that aren’t naturally ...

“Wait a minute,” you’re saying. “Wood is expensive, and in your last column, you resolved not to use plastic in the garden.” Of course, dear reader, you are correct. Explains Ray, “I never buy the ...

The garden in winter can be a wonderful sight. The resting, dormant plant life gives me hope for the coming of spring, and I love to see the garden in different winter weather, from snow to rain to ...

Protecting your peach tree in winter ensures healthy growth and a strong fruit harvest when the warm weather returns. Wrap ...

Henry Homeyer says it is important to clean up the vegetable garden now in order to avoid overwintering diseases.

When the season changes and your summer plants are gone, your soil begs for some sort of protection from the cold weather to come. Harsh winds, freezing temperatures, sleet, and snow can reek damage ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a vegetable ...

Fall is upon us and gardening is starting to wind down, but it isn’t over yet and you may have some questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State ...

Q. I have lots of plants that probably need pruning back in the winter but I’m not sure how much to prune back or when to do it. Plus, it seems to me that they have better protection against frosts ...