Imagine the enjoyment of harvesting fresh tomatoes, herbs and leafy greens from a thriving food garden, only to be frustrated by the discovery of relentless weeds tugging at your precious  …

Nice as it would be, we don’t all have big plots of land and healthy, rich soil to grow our gardens. Heck, some of us don’t have any land at  …

Container vegetable gardens are the versatile champions of any garden. I love container gardens because you can start them indoors and transition them outdoors without disrupting the vegetable roots. They’re  …

Sometimes, that Spring garden inspiration is hard to come by. If you think about it, you're starting seeds when there's still snow on the ground and the winds are still  …

10 Fantastic Single-Variety Tomato Seed Picks (From Cherry Gems to Beefsteak Beauties) If you’re like me — someone who gets a little spark in your eye when you think about homegrown  …

My summer cookouts are not for the faint of heart. It's not that there's anything scary or bad. But conversations tend to skip the polite weather talk and get straight  …

We all know that vegetables need water to grow, but what happens when watering your garden gets complicated. You might live in a dry climate where droughts are common. Or  …

  The leaves boast every shade of green, the blossoms wag chromatic tongues. Some impish dyer dyed them thus, then hung the petals out to dry. The ivy, clamped by clinging roots, that clambers up a  …

When I hear the word “clone” I either think of Dolly the sheep or binge-watching Battlestar Gallactica. But cloning fruit trees is neither of those things and it shouldn’t be  …

I love rosemary. It's easy to grow. It's hardy. And it tastes great in so many dishes. But I also regularly end up with powdery mildew on rosemary plants –  …