Tomato gardeners, I’d like to paint an all-too-familiar scene for you. You’re out in the garden, happily picking ripe tomatoes from your plants, when you notice a twiggy, leafless branch. …

Love it for its nutrients, or hate listening to all the hype, kale is here to stay. Literally. Plant it one year, and if you allow it to spend the …

The signs of sickly plants – wilted leaves, discolored foliage, malformed and stunted growth – are like a silent plea for help. If every leaf tells a story, this one …

To enjoy pulling weeds by hand requires a special kind of zen. Some of us don’t have it. Instead, you may have heard about using salt to kill weeds. Salting …

Pruning. It’s one of those garden chores that leaves many of us scratching our heads. What plants need to be pruned, when and how? New and seasoned gardeners alike struggle …

If you are lucky enough to have a productive plum tree in your garden producing buckets full of plums, then you may be familiar with the overwhelming task of harvesting …

If one of your goals in life is to enjoy peaches all year long, in your muesli or on your peanut butter and peach jam sandwich, then keep reading. Close …

Clematis, the queen of the vine, makes a statement in every garden it inhabits. The name comes from the Greek word klema, meaning climbing vine. This showy perennial produces giant …

When cucumbers are in season, you’ve got to make at least one kind of pickle. Dill, garlic, 5-minute fridge pickles, or even bread and butter pickles if you are so …

It can be incredibly discouraging nurturing along tomatoes with dreams of thick BLTs and juicy slices topped with mozzarella and basil, only to come out one morning and find a …

Whether you know them as bachelor button, cornflower or blue bottle, no cottage garden is complete without these blue flowers swaying on the breeze. With their shaggy blooms, bachelor buttons …

If there’s a universal truth we witness over and over again in the garden, it’s that nature abhors a vacuum. A gap – any gap – will quickly be filled. …

You need to prune your potatoes. Maybe. Possibly. It depends on the weather. Generally, potatoes are one of the few plants you can leave unattended in the garden. Rarely do …

For many backyard bird watchers, feeders sit empty during the summer months. But for birders in the know, this is a great time of year to attract birds to your …

Don’t you wish the title of this article was “6 Vegetables You Can Plant and Forget About All Summer that Will Still Produce Tons of Food?” Yeah, me too. But …

I love growing pumpkins. It’s fun to watch them start as tiny little orbs beneath a yellow flower and grow into orange wheels for baking. I especially enjoy seeing the …

Spring is the beautiful time of year when most gardeners are out buying new garden seeds, if not sorting through their leftovers from last season. It’s a time of hope …

When it comes to gardening and popular vegetables, tomatoes are at the top of the list. But not far behind are cucumbers. Whether you enjoy homemade pickles or the cool, …

Bindweed is undoubtedly one of the toughest weeds to ever make its way into your garden. Even the name strikes fear into most gardeners’ hearts. Bindweed. Is your pulse racing …

Berry season is here! And if blueberries are your jam (See what I did there?), you probably enjoy tossing them on your morning yogurt, into a smoothie or directly in …

In the realm of sustainable gardening, you’ll quickly find what is old is new again. The techniques of the past, forgotten and rediscovered, are a fount of knowledge and inspiration …

When the mercury climbs, your chickens have to endure the heat, too. And extreme temperatures can lead to a host of health issues. But you can take some easy steps …

You’ve been dreaming of tomatoes since you patiently started the seeds in February. And you’ve been diligent in their care since transplanting them. You watched as green tomato after green …

When mixing up that batch of chocolate chip cookies or making your bacon and eggs for breakfast, hang on to the eggshells. Believe it or not, the benefits of the …