Perennial crops put food on the table year after year. It is a joy to gather kale from the kitchen garden, to cut the first ...

Annual crops, such as tomatoes, corn, and lettuce, cover a significant portion of our plates and farmland acres. However, the constant work of planting and harvesting can be time-consuming and tiring.

What are perennial vegetables? They are edible plants that come back every year without you having to sow them more than once. Actually, some are grown most often from purchased roots rather than from ...

Agroecologist and professor Liz Carlisle discusses her latest book, a collection of guest essays that makes the case for more ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

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Emily Wright picks flowers growing safely in a garden tunnel Sept. 17 at Three Creeks Farm and Forest in Ashland. Wright saves the tunnels for high value crops such as these flowers, tomatoes and ...

In light of current market dynamics, there has been growing interest in converting marginal dryland crop acres to perennial ...