5 Types of Vegetable Garden Screens for Pretty Pest Control
Screens are a wonderful thing, are they not? Your screen door can let in sunlight and a nice summer breeze while it keeps out the flies and mosquitoes. A screen …
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August-ing Your Garden Game
Read by Matilda Longbottom
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Dear Gardeners,
Welcome to the August 2025 issue of Food Gardening Magazine!
August arrives like a grand finale–the garden at its most abundant, the sun at its most …
The Wonderful World of Cal Wonder Peppers
If you’ve ever found yourself staring lovingly at a shiny, blocky, perfectly red bell pepper in your harvest basket and whispering, “You complete me,” then friend, you might already be …
How to Clean Terracotta Pots of Algae, Minerals, and Disease
Plants don't just absorb nutrients from their environment; they actually filter them out too! That's why we're able to grow plants using manure, for instance. If you've inherited old pots …
How to Identify an Overwatered Plant
I’ll be the first to admit that I have an overwatered plant or two in my garden every year. It’s not so bad now, but my indoor plants used to ...
It’s Nothing Short of a Plant Obsession
Do you have a little dirt under your nails? Maybe you have a bit of green on your hands from pulling weeds? Do you keep a stack of seed catalogs …
Welcome to the Pasta Recipe Collection
Pasta has always been comfort food royalty, but it’s so much more than noodles and sauce. These five creative recipes reimagine the classics in fresh, flavorful ways–proving pasta can be …
10 Common Garden Bugs That Are Actually Good for Your Plants
You can’t talk about gardening without talking about bugs. There are a lot of bugs that will destroy a garden if you let them. Aphids, whiteflies, cabbage worms – I could ...
Imbibing with Butterflies
I heard them before I saw her—my mother’s determined size-five footsteps slapping across the kitchen linoleum. I already knew she’d be wearing her red-and-white kerchief, tied with military precision. She ...
The One-Minute Gardener
One fine morning, I was on a mission, banana peel in hand, ready to toss it into the compost box. Simple enough, right? But as fate would have it, a ...
