When planning a vegetable garden for next year, one of the first thoughts that may come to mind after choosing which plants to grow is where in the garden they should be planted. Accounting for water, ...

February has arrived and as a vegetable gardener, you are likely ordering seeds and making plans for your garden for the coming growing season. One factor to consider when planning your vegetable ...

Crop rotation is a traditional, tried-and-true gardening method for reducing plant diseases and pests naturally. Planting annual vegetables in different spots in the garden each year limits the ...

Farmers now have more reasons to consider rotating their crops, University of Alberta research shows. Widely used to restore soil health, the agricultural practice boosts the diversity of bacterial ...

Soil is the core resource of agricultural production. It not only provides crops with nutrients and water for growth but also supports multiple ecological functions such as microbial activity and ...

Crop rotation prevents nutrient depletion of the soil and pests and diseases from returning next year. The golden rule of crop rotation is not to plant members of the same crop family in the same spot ...

Although crop rotation is practised widely in Europe, notably for the control of crop pests, diseases and invasive weeds, monocultures[1] still dominate in Africa and Southern Asia. Elsewhere, ...

Here’s a question for you: Can tomatoes be planted in the same garden spot year after year or must they be moved from one spot to another from one year to the next? When asked this question, I ...

Farmers who have used a three- or four-crop rotation system for more than 10 years are most likely to reap the benefits of improved soil health and higher yields, according to a survey of producers in ...

For success in next year’s veggie garden, the smart gardener considers not just the basics, like light and water needs, but what was planted in the space the year before. Crop rotation is all ...

Rotating where you plant specific vegetables each year naturally reduces pests and diseases in your soil. Rotating plants by family every 3+ years keeps pests and plant diseases from building up in ...