Your garden does not have to shut down after the first fall frost. From leafy greens to root crops, there are plenty of vegetables that thrive in cool weather. Popular cold-hardy champions are kale, ...

Depending on your USDA hardiness zone, October is an ideal time to plant cool-season vegetable seedlings that you can often harvest throughout the winter into early spring. For a successful harvest, ...

September is a bountiful time in a vegetable garden, and some may regard it as a period when the plot is winding down after the summer peak. The reality is that it is a fabulous time to sow crops and ...

Planting vegetables in October may seem a bit unorthodox, but the practice offers two big benefits for gardeners. It provides them with fresh, delicious, nourishing veggies in the winter months and ...

Late winter is the moment to tuck cold hardy vegetables into the soil so they are ready to surge once the light returns and spring sneaks up. I focus on crops that shrug off frost, grow fast in cool ...

Although many plants have gone dormant, the winter garden is still an active place. Birds are feasting on last season's seed heads, filling their bellies and dropping seeds all over the ground. These ...

The key ingredient in Laurel Smith's nutrient-rich breakfast doesn't come from a cereal box and or a hen house. She plucks kale from her garden for her morning meal. The daily helping of protein, ...

Starting seeds inside under lights isn’t the only way to get young plants growing ahead of our frost-free growing season. A lot of gardeners are discovering the little-known option of “winter-sowing,” ...

Weston Miller, OSU Extension Service Horticulturist, shared what we need to know planting for fall and winter vegetables. The window of opportunity for planting those crops is short; as daylight ...

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. On a recent ...