Crowded vegetable beds look impressive at planting time, but they often turn into tangled, stressed-out chaos by midseason. Plants compete for sunlight, water, and nutrients, and that competition ...

Spacing out your plants is important for their seeds to germinate and roots to grow, but depending on how much space you have and the plants you’re looking to grow, it’s hard to tell just how far ...

Whether you start your tomatoes from seed or buy tomato seedlings, keep in mind while you plant them that proper spacing is essential for successful growing. Read on to learn about properly spacing ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Getting the spacing right with tomatoes is critical to having healthy plants and abundant harvests of tasty fruits. The distances do vary by type and variety, and it can get confusing, so let’s focus ...

"The soil needs rest. It's not a factory, it's an ecosystem." ...

How are you doing on your fall vegetable garden? The soil should have been prepared by incorporating 2 inches of compost and 10 cups of slow release 19-05-09 fertilizer into each 100-square feet ...