Of all the garden tools I’ve acquired over the years (and there are quite a few), I tend to use the same four or five tools over and over again.  …

You don’t really need an excuse for planting in raised beds. They help you control the health of the soil, they define your space, and they can help deter some  …

When I first started gardening, I never expected that gardening lights would be something I’d consider. People have planted gardens for thousands of years without any lighting other than the  …

If you could step into a time machine and go back a few generations, you’d have a heck of a time trying to find organic vegetables at the supermarket. Why?  …

If you think planting vegetables at home will be hard, try planting vegetables on Mars. In the 2015 movie, The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) is assumed  …

If there’s one thing I can say about gardeners, it’s that we have some very different ideas of what it means to grow vegetables. Some of us take a very  …

Starting plants indoors is a time-honored tradition in grade-school classrooms across the country. At some point, most of us have probably watched excitedly as a little sprout breaks out of  …

Root rot is seriously the worst. If you don’t catch the signs early enough, your plants are goners. Done for. And it happens fast. You can forget about harvesting your  …

Double the honey, please! Roasted Honeynut Squash has been a favorite for me this season. They are just so cute, easy to peel, and have such a sweet flavor that  …

I’ll admit that here in New England, it’s a little hard in the bite of the winter to think about preparing a garden for spring. It’s the time of year  …