There's some conflicting advice floating around about the best way to start zucchini and summer squash in the garden. Let's ...

Late spring – mid-May through early June – is a deceptive period of time for most gardeners, vegetable or ornamental. This is ...

For these flowering shrubs, late spring is the right window to prune them in order to avoid interfering with bud formation ...

The mistakes we make in the spring can follow us all season long, leading to wasted time, fewer vegetables and even a few ...

These eleven vegetables were made to keep putting out new growth so you can harvest them daily and eat more fresh veg all ...

If you pay attention to these three little talked about rules concerning pepper plants it will change your pepper-growing ...

Depending on where you live, it’s often the first fresh produce to show up in your garden or at the farmer’s market. That sharp, tangy bite of rhubarb is just what you need after months of eating ...

Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a hardy perennial herb native to the Mediterranean. As part of the Apiacaea family, it is closely related to carrot, celery, and parsley. This culinary and medicinal ...

Once the summer crops are harvested and gone, organic gardeners will often consider sowing green manures into their growing areas. These crops might not always be of use as an edible crop. But they ...

Hover flies are truly unsung heroes in the garden. Operating like undercover agents, hover flies are easily mistaken for bees or wasps. When at rest on a flower, it’s nearly impossible to tell the ...

As the first signs of spring arrive, and winter fades into the rear view mirror, you will likely be busy planting many of the crops that will sustain you for the rest of the year. This time of year, ...