If you've been growing marigolds with your tomatoes without a second thought, there's a much better option that you should ...

When the magnolias are in bloom, it's time to head to the kitchen for some tasty, gingery, magnolia petal snacks.

Home gardeners meet the Kalette. This hybrid from the UK mixes the crunch of kale with the flavor of Brussels sprouts in a ...

Zinnias are such dependable flowers, yet I didn’t think I could grow them for longer than I care to admit. I may have been a bit biased against them because they seemed too good to be true. You mean ...

I love the steadfast nature of perennials. After another winter of cold, harsh weather, my plants yawn and stretch each spring, as they wake for another season of beautiful blooms, tall, stately ...

The key to a low maintenance and low cost garden is to grow a variety of plants that readily self-seed. While most of the typical garden cultivars would require you to harvest, store, and then sow ...

Are your garden harvests smaller than you dreamed of? Have you come to the realization that your garden may be in a less than an ideal location? Think again. You may be trying to grow the wrong ...

While bees and their remarkable raw honey generally get a lot of buzzingly good press, we often lose sight of the other amazing gifts they have to offer. Beeswax is an age-old, renewable material that ...

Attracting bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects to your garden couldn’t come at a better time than now, at this particular point in history. With the decline in insect species worldwide, in ...

If there is one vegetable that screams summer, it’s cucumber. Cool salads don’t seem to be complete without fresh juicy cucumber slices, and they make great additions to summer smoothies. At-home spa ...

Everyone knows that compost is like black gold for your garden. Compost prevents soil erosion, it supplies your plants with necessary nutrients, it improves disease resistance and aids in water ...