Bare-root deciduous fruit trees are now arriving in nurseries and home improvement centers. In order to squeeze these trees ...

Plants that are harvest-ready in about 30 days are best. Key words to look for in seed descriptions include, “container ...

One of the most delightful new year’s rituals for backyard food growers is choosing which varieties of vegetables to grow.

January is an ideal month to begin growing perennials with the winter sowing technique. Frigid days naturally provide the cold stratification seeds need to germinate in the spring when the ...

California’s Norfolk Healthy Produce created lots of fanfare and a wild first year when it debuted The Purple Tomato in 2023. It was the world’s first bioengineered vegetable crop marketed directly to ...

Cuisine Noir often spotlights community gardens and outdoor farming in conversations about climate and food, but not everyone ...

Discover 25 of the most productive vegetables perfect for container gardening including best vegetables for pots easy to grow ...

This week’s spotlight are the students that work in the growing containers. They are fantastic and really help make sure those lettuce heads, salad greens, and basil keep making it into the bags every ...

3. Vegetables: Beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, collards, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onion, peas, potato, radicchio, radish ...

You can grow carrots in pots and containers, provided you give them the proper care. Make sure you have the correct size pot and provide them with full sun. Use a standard potting mix and amend it ...

4. Flowers: Flowers: Angelonia, begonia, black-eyed Susan vine, blue daze, butterfly weed, bush daisy, cat’s whiskers, chrysanthemums, coleus, coreopsis, crossandra ...