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 ...

SAUK COUNTY GARDENER Jeannie Manis Sauk County Master Gardeners Association “There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has ...

We know what you’re thinking: what is crop rotation? Well, it’s as simple as it sounds. Crop rotation is the practice of rotating crops belonging to specific groups around a vegetable bed from year to ...

Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil and fight pests and weeds. We’ll get to that, but first, ...

If you’ve ever planted the same vegetable in the same spot every year and noticed your harvest getting smaller, you’re not alone. That’s where crop rotation comes in. It’s a simple method of switching ...

For success in next year’s veggie garden, the smart gardener considers not just the basics, like light and water needs, but what was planted in the space the year before. Crop rotation is all ...

“Succession” is best defined as a sequence of events happening one after another. In the practice of gardening, this means a technique where new crops are planted regularly to maintain a continuous ...

Right now, it seems like vegetable garden season will go on forever. But we know that eventually the cold weather will show up and put an end to our garden. Since we know it’s going to happen, let’s ...