Make smart use of your garden space with these vertical gardening basics. Beat the frost in the fall with these tips for extra weeks of harvest. Use your garden footage to its best advantage. Cold air ...

Designing your garden can be as simple as taking a photo and dreaming up ideas. Once you have an idea in mind, you can start planning which seeds and plants you'll bring to your space. This content ...

• Do not work the soil if it is too wet. If it sticks to your shoes, it’s too wet. • If it rolls into a snake, it’s too wet. Press a small amount of soil in your palm, if it crumbles and breaks into ...

Gardening may seem like a right-brain activity, full of contemplative moments and pretty flower arrangements. Wired would argue otherwise—it's a geeky science project, and they encourage learning the ...

A compost pile needs a balanced mix of green and brown material to heat up properly. (Tiffany Woods) As you recycle autumn leaves into compost this fall, consider the science that transforms waste ...

Ingredients for making salsa, including tomatoes, tomatillos and peppers.jpg Ingredients needed to make salsa include tomatoes, tomatillos and peppers. (Jeanne Brandt) If the thought of green chile ...

“Gardening Basics for Adults: Growing Edibles” is a monthly, six-part series that will cover the basics of how to grow edibles in your own garden, patio or balcony. Classes will show you what’s easy ...

I embarked on my agricultural journey of growing mushrooms at home by delving into indoor hydroponics. It all began with my homemade deep-water culture system housed in a Sterlite tote bin. An indoor ...

Tending your garden, be it a vegetable patch, a container garden, rock garden or even a raised bed garden, requires basic tools, each tailored to suit each garden through the grip, length and even the ...

Lots of people sheltering at home now because of the coronavirus pandemic are thinking about planting a vegetable garden. It offers more than food: Growing vegetables is a family activity, gives ...