Q: I have some tomatoes and pepper plants in pots. They are about 18 inches tall. Is it too early to plant them in my raised bed garden? It’s been too cold lately to plant. A: You’re right, it’s been ...

This undated photo shows a mulched planting bed in New Paltz, N.Y. Even if black plastic were as effective, long-term, at controlling weeds as hoped, it often falls short in its appearance in the ...

Maryam Salehi, right, works with graduate student Anandu Gopakumar Nair in her Lafferre Hall lab at the University of Missouri. Farmers are always looking for smarter ways to boost crop health, and ...

Before it’s too late, I must address one of my pet peeves: deliberately putting plastic in soil. Take, for instance, black plastic sheeting sold as mulch. This stuff appears at first to be a cure-all ...

Before it’s too late, I must address one of my pet peeves: deliberately putting plastic in soil. Take, for instance, black plastic sheeting sold as mulch. This stuff appears at first to be a cure-all ...