Use organic mulch such as straw or shredded leaves around plants. This will conserve water during dry spells and control ...

Coffee grounds and banana peels can be used to make a compost tea. You let it sit for a week or two and then add it to your soil. Wallitsch said it is full of potassium and makes a great fertilizer ...

Check with local authorities before using a torch for weed control as some communities ... pre-emergent herbicide such as Preen Vegetable Garden Natural Weed Preventer on the soil and then water.

When we think about vegetable gardens, we don’t usually think about interplanting flowers and herbs with our vegetables. In ...

What to do when the weeds are growing beautifully.

When it comes to controlling weeds, your focus right now should be treating newly germinated warm-season weeds with a post-emergence herbicide. Mature cool-season weeds like chickweed and annual ...

Weeds have begun to grow. If herbicides are a weed control method used and you tend to apply the same herbicide each year, ...

Our largest vegetable bed is flourishing. Some plants are as tall as I am, others are covering the ground below. Sadly, almost every one of them is a weed. A young gardener listened carefully as I ...