Snow crunches underfoot, breath fogs the air, and the garden looks asleep. It feels harmless to wander across dormant beds or cut a shortcut over the vegetable patch while everything is frozen solid.

October’s first day set a gorgeous, autumn backdrop — perfect conditions for Drew Harris to follow behind Jonathan Snow’s combine and get showered in corn husk debris. During harvest season, Harris, ...

Sirens aren’t blaring, but county extension offices are definitely waving their arms. Gardeners who proudly pile up kitchen scraps and yard waste are being urged to pause before tossing in one ...

Q: This time of year I start getting gardening catalogs galore in my mailbox. I enjoy reading through them, looking and drooling over pictures of beautiful vegetables and reading descriptions of them.