Q. As the days shorten and autumn creeps into our Georgia gardens, I know it’s time to start “putting things to bed” for ...

Now is a good time to make sure the soil around roses, berries and perennial beds is free of spent flowers and fallen leaves.

A few weeks ago a reader and a friend from the pool who lives near Loudonville asked me if a person could leave his cereal rye in the field this season. I said I’m not sure, but I’ll find out if that ...

I’ve blogged many times in the past about the merits of growing winter rye for improving garden soil. Winter rye, also called cereal rye, is the grain that is used for making rye bread. Ryegrass ...

cut down the rye to use as mulch for a healthy spring vegetable garden. Another type of legume popularly used as a cover crop to fix nitrogen in the soil, peas (Pisum sativum) typically do not survive ...