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.

Growing Fruit Trees: How to Repel Borers Naturally

Want to keep borers away from your fruit tree without using pesticides? Learn how garlic and nasturtiums can keep borers...


DIY Vegetable Garden: Beneficial Vegetable Pairs

Did you know that certain vegetables do best when paired with certain others in your DIY vegetable garden? Learn which...


Pink-Flowered Strawberries for Your Fruit Garden

Add pink-flowered strawberries to your fruit garden, where they're perfect in containers.


The Essential Guide to Companion Gardening

Some flower and vegetable plants work best when planted together. Here's everything you need to know about companion gardening.


Bloomin’ Onions: Beautiful Flowers of the Onion Family

Plants in the onion family produce pretty flowers. From edible chives and garlic to blooming alliums, enjoy the benefits of...


Got Citrus? Learn How and When to Fertilize

Every year, it never ceases to surprise me that winter is a busy season when you have citrus trees growing...


Plant Strawberries for a Sweet, Edible Groundcover

If you want an attractive ground cover plant with a sweet and flavorful bonus, grow strawberries!


Create an Instant Indoor Garden Using Carrot Tops

Next time you are chopping carrots for soup or making carrot sticks, don't throw out the tops. Plant them instead...