Jesse Frost

To create healthy soil, you must understand the processes at work and how to encourage them in the proper ways and amounts.

Some of the most common mistakes are easy to avoid, but you have to know what they are. Here are some that many new farmers make.

Slower growth as well as fewer weeds and pests makes winter gardening easy compared with summer. Choose some cold-hardy vegetables, set up some protection and get started.

As community-supported agriculture operations get more popular you might have difficulty finding enough members. Here are some ways around that.

In her new book, Rhonda Sherman describes the science as well as the business of vermicomposting in clear and relevant detail.

Selling to restaurants provides steady income and also lets you tell people where your products are served. Here are skills and practices to get chefs’ attention.

Consistency at farmers markets or in CSAs strengthens your customer base. Here are crops that help you achieve that all year.

Eliot Coleman refines and modernizes the methods he introduced in the book’s first edition 30 years ago.

You can grow turnips year-round in some areas, and while they’re not always the easiest vegetable to sell, try these methods to find and attract buyers.

With a combination of cover, timing, drought-tolerant crops and creative water sources, you can grow food without irrigation.