To help my students get exceptional results from their gardens, I teach them to build soil health with regular additions of ...

Using fertilizers in a vegetable garden helps to increase your yield and have strong, healthy plants that have better resistance to pests and diseases. Fertilizers can be organic and inorganic, ...

When summer ends, you look forward to closing shop on gardening in the fall. But do your trees need additional fertilizer?

Q: I have my lawn fertilized professionally, and I was wondering if it affects or contaminates the vegetables in my nearby garden. Please advise. A: If it's just fertilizer, any drift or runoff would ...

If your lawn is dried out or dormant, it is best just to keep it mowed to control the weeds and postpone any fertilization ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Q. I’m told that a ...

Fertilizing your garden, whether growing flowers or veggies, perennials or annuals, is all about getting the right amount of nutrients at the right time.

When it comes to giving your plants their best chance to thrive, there are a lot of ways to both improve soil quality and ...

I often get questions about fertilizing plants. What’s best to use, when, how much, etc.? When considering the environment, we also should ask questions about how to moderate the amount of fertilizers ...

One memorable mistake as a newbie gardener was thinking that if a little fertilizer is good, a lot must be better. That was the year of too much chicken manure in the tomato garden. The plants were ...