Harvest your own vegetables even in spotty sunshine.
Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
Planning a backyard vegetable garden? Is growing fruit for you? This popular pasttime is a cinch with these fruit and vegetable gardening ideas from our editors.
Top 10 Vegetables That Grow Well in Shade
Harvest your own vegetables even in spotty sunshine. Read more >
10 Fast-Growing Vegetables You Can Harvest Quickly
Plant these crops vegetables for your fastest summer harvest ever.
Eat the Rainbow: 11 Vegetables of a Different Color
Purple carrots, blue potatoes, and black tomatoes? Plant a garden full of unexpected vegetables and eat the rainbow!
10 Seed Catalogs Every Gardener Needs
Growing flowers and vegetables from seed gives you more choices and can save money. Here are 11 great seed catalogs to check out.
How to Dry and Store Garden Herbs
Stock your pantry with home-dried herbs and save money at the grocery store. Here’s how!
Grow-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar
Pile on homegrown garnishes, then invite friends to belly up to a Bloody Mary bar.
7 Ways to Grow the Ultimate Tomato Crop
Plant your most fruitful tomato harvest ever with these seven tried-and-tested tips for success.
Why You Should Grow Heirloom Veggies
Reap the many benefits of timeless, region-specific veggies.
9 Peppers to Grow in Your Veggie Garden
Bring the heat from your veggie garden into the kitchen with these best pepper picks.
How Straw-Bale Gardening Works
Try this smart and easy way to grow veggies.
4 Super Sweet Berries You Can Grow in Pots
Add pops of color to your patio with berry plants that fit in containers.
From Carrots to Cucumbers: Your Guide to 7 Veggie-Harvest Times
Veggie harvest times vary based on temperature and growing conditions.
Brews and Blooms: Grow Your Own Beer
Craft a truly unique beer by growing the ingredients yourself.
Top 10 Easy-to-Grow Vegetables
Plan a diverse vegetable garden and make 2015 the year you finally get
growing.
DIY Vegetable Garden Idea: Mini-Me Microgreens
Good things come in small plants! Learn more about these pint-sized veggies and how to grow them in your DIY vegetable garden.
5 Common Mistakes In The Backyard Vegetable Garden
Thinking of growing a backyard vegetable garden? Save time and money by avoiding these simple pitfalls.
Guide to Preserving and Drying Herbs
Want to enjoy summer herbs all year long? We’ll show you how with these tips and tricks on drying herbs.
How to Dry Fruit For All Seasons
Harvest seasonal fruits this summer and preserve the flavor for months! We’ll show you how to dry fruit from your garden with these three simple steps.
Plants for a Cocktail Garden
Cheers to the cocktail garden! Grow a happy hour in your own backyard with these good-time tips and fruit and vegetable plant ideas.
How to Grow Herbs in Winter
Enhance your indoor DIY vegetable garden with these 7 easy steps on how to grow herbs in winter.
New Plants for Your Backyard Vegetable Garden
Perk up your backyard vegetable garden by swapping old standards for new ones!
Top 10 Best Tomatoes to Grow
Go beyond the ordinary with these unique picks that boast terrific flavor and bright colors for your tomato garden.
Top 10 Herbs to Grow
Looking for herbs to grow in your yard? Whether grown in a container or a vegetable garden, these fragrant options will add flavor to any meal.
How to Grow Microgreens
Learn how to grow microgreens with this money-saving garden project.
Freezing Garden Vegetables
Preserve your harvest by learning how to freeze vegetables.
Month-by-Month Guide to Healthy Vegetables
A monthly guide to harvesting and enjoying your favorite vegetables.
Growing Peas
Peas are packed with nutrients and are easy to grow in any backyard.
Growing Heirloom Vegetables
Join the heirloom revolution and grow your own heirlooms in your backyard vegetable garden.
Growing Cherries
With a little nurturing, you can grow cherry trees with ease.
Growing Carrots
Chock-full of vitamins and fiber, the common carrot is a nutritional powerhouse. Oh, and unlike some healthy fad foods, carrots taste great, too.
Growing Apples
Apples are a healthy, delicious snack that you can grow yourself or gather from a nearby orchard.
Gardening for Taste
From the fruit and vegetable garden to your kitchen table, it’s all about soul-stirring flavor.
Extend the Harvest Season
Once again, the harvest season seems like an all-too-brief window. But it doesn’t have to be. Here are some tips to use when planning next year’s garden—ideas that extend your summer harvest in the “shoulder seasons” of early fall and late spring.
Edible Landscaping
As I learned from nationally known garden gurus Rosalind Creasy and Charlie Nardozzi, veggies and ornamentals go together like Angelina and Brad. This flagrant act of garden “friending” even has a name: edible landscaping.
Companion Gardening
Some flower and vegetable plants work best when planted together.
Blog: How to Preserve Fresh Herbs by Freezing
Enjoy the flavor of summer by learning how to preserve fresh herbs by freezing them into ice cubes.
