February has arrived and as a vegetable gardener, you are likely ordering seeds and making plans for your garden for the coming growing season. One factor to consider when planning your vegetable ...

If you only have a balcony, patio, or postage-stamp yard, choosing the best crops for large harvests on balconies can transform a tiny growing space into a remarkably productive kitchen garden. A ...

Small gardens often pack more personality than sprawling yards ever could. Every square foot matters, and smart design choices can turn even the tiniest patio, balcony, or backyard corner into a ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

• 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 ...

In April 2020, I put my first cloves into the ground. Here's what I learnt over the next five years of trying — and often ...

February is whizzing by and before we know it, planting season will be upon us. Avid gardeners have been poring over seed catalogs, inventorying their home seed libraries and planning this year’s ...

In “Kitchen Garden Living” (Cool Springs Press, 2025), author Bailey Van Tassel invokes an easily memorized rhyme concerning crop rotation in the vegetable garden: “beans, roots, greens, fruits.” The ...

Include succession crops, a fall garden, small fruits, and overwintered crops to mature in the spring. Crops and varieties to be planted. Consider planting dates, whether seeded or transplant crops.

What makes okra a smart choice for home gardens, healthier meals and Florida’s next great crop? University of Florida ...