As winter wanes and the first signs of spring begin to emerge, many home gardeners find themselves itching to dig into the soil and get their plants growing. But when is the best time to start ...

Area farmers are taking advantage of favorable weather conditions as spring planting is underway. Beth Vansickle, the agriculture educator for the Madison County Purdue Extension office, ...

Key Points A squeeze test to feel the soil is one of the best ways to tell if it's ready for planting.Slightly warmer soil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gardening is in full swing, with farmers already planting crops like potatoes, tomatoes and greens – and most have their own ...

Knowing how to manage excessive or too little soil moisture will help reduce the amount of damage to the soil during spring ...

It’s time to prepare your planting equipment for the upcoming spring planting season by working through a thorough repair and maintenance checklist this winter. Attending to these details isn’t mere ...

April, May and early June is a hungry gap in vegetable gardens, with winter crops finished and summer ones pending. Happily, there are crops to sow or plant from mid-summer that grow into the winter, ...

The spring planting season is just around the corner, and I bet price volatility and market uncertainty have impacted ...

Planting dry beans into spring cover crops could be a measure to protect young plants from damaging weather conditions like wind or hail. Dry beans are susceptible to damage from wind and other ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- After two weeks of persistent rainfall, puddles are about the only thing growing in Illinois corn fields. Heavy storms have made spring planting all but impossible for most of ...

A farmer uses a tractor to pull a harrow to perform mechanical weeding as part of cultivation practices using fewer pesticides at a potatoes farm in Saint-Jean-d'Illac, southwestern France, on May 22, ...

As spring planting begins, drought covers 60% of the U.S., threatening wheat, cattle herds, and key crops — with food prices ...