Crop rotation may be the oldest pest management technique used in agriculture. Alternating the same crop, or related crops, in a planting bed is not just a technique for commercial farms. It is a ...

Raising a vegetable garden with years of continuous success and high-yielding plants is a skill. However, it’s not just a matter of having a green thumb. Utilizing crop rotation in the garden can ...

I can remember when I was a kid sitting at the kitchen table with my dad while he sketched out the garden for that year. There was a "method to his madness," as the saying goes, and it all relates to ...

Automating the growing process of plants and vegetables is an increasing trend among gardening enthusiasts and hobbyists. It’s no surprise, either, with microcontrollers, moisture sensors, Co2 ...

We all know innovations of George Carver at Tuskegee revolutionized the peanut industry. Carver was also keen on crop rotation for reinvigorating fertility of southern soils depleted by decades of ...

EAST LANSING, MI—When consumers visit garden centers in spring they will most likely buy flowering ornamental plants that are ready for their home gardens. Studies have shown that consumers favor ...

Back in the 80s, NASA envisioned a system for growing herbs and other edible plants in the zero-gravity environment of a spacecraft. Although it never got off the drawing board, that system consisted ...