My favorite thing about being a part of this community is the shared gardening wisdom. Today's piece, "10 Things I Learned from Gardening" is a fun and quirky list of  …

As an avid tomato gardener, let me tell you: San Marzano tomatoes are nothing short of magical. These oblong, bright-red beauties are the secret ingredient behind the best pasta sauce  …

I’m not saying German food changed my life—but let’s just say, after enough schnitzel, sauerkraut, and German chocolate cake, I started questioning my ancestry, my destiny, and my pants size. Yes,  …

There are a lot of good reasons to think about growing a pomegranate tree. Whether you decide to grow it from a seed or buy a sapling, the pomegranate is  …

I’m just going to say it: There is a lot that can go wrong with a garden. Somehow, we humans have cultivated vegetables for about 10,000 years. But a few  …

I like to think of my family as a gardening family. I love spending an afternoon with my daughter and husband planting seeds, pulling weeds, and enjoying the smell of  …

Garden pest control is a hot topic in gardening conversations. Whether in person or online, everybody has an opinion on this. The thing is, there are so many different pests  …

It’s a Friday in late June, a perfect midsummer’s eve for some leisurely yardkeeping. In my world, cocktail hour is garden hour, and unwinding from the workweek by reconnecting with  …

If you've read much about compost, you know it shouldn't have too much of an odor. And if you've been composting for more than five minutes, you also know that  …

I admit that I don't know all of the saints. I'm aware of some of the well-known saints, like St. Anthony, the Patron Saint for Lost Articles. He's a favorite  …