Plant cabbage six to eight weeks before your first frost to give it time to mature in cooler temps for sweeter heads. Keep soil moist, fertilize biweekly, and watch for pests like aphids or worms to ...

Mid-summer is the time to prepare for a fall vegetable garden. July and August are ideal for starting seeds indoors for broccoli, cabbage, leafy greens, and even cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.

As vegetable gardeners, we schedule part of our garden lives on two important dates of the year: the date after which it is safe to plant and the date we will likely lose our plants. Of course, I am ...

Hands grabbing a selection of cabbage leaves in a garden - Jordi Salas/Getty Images There are multiple companion plants that will thrive next to basil, but some other plants can come with considerable ...

After a hot, dry summer, garden soil is ready for some nurturing. This is especially important in the veggie garden, where harvesting crops also removes plant-stored nutrients. Though harvesting is ...

Any tomatoes currently on the plant as summer winds down are likely to ripen nicely in the next month or so. Current blossoms, however, may lead to good tomatoes, mealy tasteless tomatoes or none at ...

As summer winds down, it’s time to shift your focus from tomatoes and cucumbers to turnips and kale. For Rowan County gardeners, late July through early September is the prime time to start planting a ...