It’s important to know how much square footage you have to spare when starting or expanding your vegetable garden. Just because you don’t have an acre of land doesn’t mean you can’t have a ...

April is a significant vegetable gardening month, though we may experience some nights of frost during the first two weeks. If you are worried about frost, you can protect your plants by laying a ...

Do you have a plan for your vegetable garden this season ... Even a simple soaker hose is an effective way to supply soil moisture for your plants. Drip-irrigation systems and soaker hoses ...

Gardening can be as frustrating as a murder mystery. Trying to figure out why I’m missing vegetables that were clearly here a few days ago makes me want to scream Whodunit? Sometimes it seems ...

However, for those with little or no experience growing fruits, vegetables or flowers, starting a garden may seem like a daunting task. Gardening beginners should consider the site, sunlight and ...

Last week, I provided you with basic information on getting a vegetable garden started, including site selection and preparing the soil for planting. This week, we will move on to planting and ...

As you might imagine, I grew up with more than a few adults greeting me with, “Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?” followed by a big smile or, more often, laughter.

Look to the past, when stately homes and palaces used decorative vegetable beds to supply the kitchen. Interesting shapes include hexagons and stars. Neat garden edges make any type of bed look ...

But with so many options available at garden centers, nurseries ... the plant type so you know if what you’re purchasing is a vegetable or an herb, etc.," says Sears. On the back of a seed ...

Or are you? Do you have a plan for your vegetable garden this season? It's easy to be excited about the season now, the real challenge is to sustain that excitement through September, when your ...