Timing is everything when it comes to seed starting and transplanting. Too soon and your seedlings could stall, but too late and your plants may not make it before summer's heat or the first frost. Get your timing right the first time with my printable planting calendar, customized for your own first and last frost dates.| Garden Betty
Organic mulches are the foundation of every healthy garden, and they have many benefits over other ground covers like rubber or pea gravel. Almost anything can be labeled as a mulch, so how do you know which one to use? And where? Let's break down my 12 favorite options for vegetable gardens, flower beds, and landscapes.| Garden Betty
Cover cropping usually means growing a crop after your last harvest and returning it to the soil for its soil-building benefits. But you don't have to give up your veggie bed completely: these six edible cover crops are not only good for the garden, they're delicious too.| Garden Betty
Cover cropping is the farmer's "secret" for fertilizing and aerating soil naturally, but the practice of growing beneficial crops closely together can easily be done in a home garden. If you want to give your soil a nutrient boost while harvesting a delicious vegetable all season long, try growing Austrian winter peas.| Garden Betty