For a show-stopping, scene-stealing spring bulb that no one else in your neighborhood is growing, you're going to want to ...

Will you be planting tulips this fall? Here are five things you must know before you put a single bulb in the ground.

Amaranth is almost too good to be true: it's easy to grow, it's a beautiful ornamental plant, and you can eat it!

I know very few gardeners who don’t grow tomatoes. Actually, now that I stop and think of it, I can’t think of anyone I know who gardens, but doesn’t grow tomatoes. Tomatoes are the most commonly ...

Mason jars are among the most useful containers available. They can be used for crafts, decorations, storing non-food items, and, of course, their intended purpose – canning food. It’s funny, then, ...

Both the garden and I get a second wind in September. After the mellowness of summer months, and leisurely August pastimes, my mind craves a refocus and regroup. It’s not quite the back-to-school ...

Fall is synonymous with chrysanthemums. Those vibrant, bushy potted mums lining garden centers and grocery stores alike practically shout, “Fall is finally here!” With their deep burgundies, rusty ...

Be careful, this stuff is basically tomato dynamite. Have you ever encountered something in the kitchen where it seems like everyone knows about it except for you? And then when you find out about it, ...

I don’t know about you, but I love the look of greens tucked around my home for the holidays. Nothing says Christmas more than pine boughs and sprigs of holly. Not to mention, it’s pretty hard to beat ...

Have you spent hours planting green beans around your other vegetables to “fix nitrogen” and then wondered why it never made a difference? Same, girl. Same. We’ve all been fed the same half-truths, ...

Imagine a vegetable garden where the tomatoes are plump and juicy with perfectly unblemished skin, pepper plants so strong that they easily bear the weight of their dangling bell fruits, and leafy ...

Most of us know that dandelion greens are edible, but beyond that, how many of us have actually eaten them? Do you wonder how to pick them or when? Have you heard they’re bitter? Or are you stumped by ...