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For many gardeners, summer is peak vegetable gardening season. The warm weather and long days are needed to coax tomatoes, peppers, and […]

To grow garlic in pots is a bit of a challenge because it has a very long growing season and garlic needs […]

September should bring relief to gardens in the Northern Hemisphere and signal the start of a new season for gardeners in areas […]

Turnips are a versatile crop. Like beets, they can be grown for greens or for the bulb. They grow fairly quickly, maturing […]

While many of our gardens start winding down in September, southern areas of the United States are coming into prime gardening season. […]

For years, our only encounter with parsley was that curly, bitter sprig on the side of our plate in restaurants. Although parsley […]

A native of Brazil, the princess flower (Tibouchina urvilleana) is a glorious addition to tropical and sub-tropical gardens. Its large purple flowers […]

Every month of the season provides an opportunity to tend the garden (except the months when it’s blanketed in snow). And August, […]

Spinach, a super–cold-hardy vegetable, is a tender-leafed crop that can be planted in very early spring, as well as in fall and […]

Peas are one of the first crops we plant. Plant as soon as the ground can be worked—even if snow falls after […]

If flowering bulbs are one of nature’s mysteries, watching the claw-like tuber of a ranunculus produce three dozen rosette-shaped flowers must be […]

Have you ever been gardening and noticed some hideous reddish, brown bugs dining on your vegetables, or squirming through your soil? These […]