Summer is arguably the best time of the year. The beaches open up, lobster rolls are aplenty, and everyone with a green thumb is headed out back to their garden to tend to the trellises of beautiful ...

This garden maximizes yields by growing cut-and-come-again crops, such as chard, and by growing vertically on a trellis. Discover gardening advice for your backyard vegetable garden, including saving ...

Barbara Damrosch is a lifelong vegetable gardener who’s been one of the most prolific writers on that subject for decades, along with her garden-author husband, Eliot Coleman. The two are best known ...

Vegetable Gardening Tips for Beginners Growing a home vegetable garden is very rewarding. Gardening offers benefits such as access to fresh and healthy produce, reduced food costs and a smaller carbon ...

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There seems to be something in the air this time of the year that brings out the vegetable gardener in all of us. Every spring, new gardeners discover growing their own food. And veteran gardeners ...

Don’t worry if you haven’t planted yours yet. The time-honored planting deadline is May 30, so you’re still well within the ballpark, Don Kinzler writes. Soil crusting can diminish seedling emergence ...

In Florida, we are fortunate to have two growing seasons for growing vegetables. In the spring (actually late winter), we can plant warm-season crops like beans, tomatoes, squash, peppers, and ...

In winter, nothing grows! We mustn't stop at our mental representations. Winter doesn't have to be a dead season for your vegetable garden. It can also be a period rich in harvests and surprises. As ...

With the big Memorial Day weekend planting push behind us, many vegetable gardeners are now basking in the glow of their “finished” gardens. But don’t settle into a cruise-control mindset here; ...