Gardening How-To

Here are seven veggies that will come back to be harvested year after year.

Tomatoes of many colors add a lively touch to summer meals and a variety of delicious tastes.

Try these healthy, antioxidant-rich purple performers that also add color and beauty to the garden.

Check these season-extending tips for growing vegetables that prefer the cooler temps of fall.

Learn how to treat some common tomato diseases now and prevent them next year.

Brussels sprouts, broccoli, spinach, carrots, cabbages and beets prefer cooler weather. Plan now to take advantage of mild temperatures in fall to grow cool-season crops.

Here's how to use succession planting to ensure longer harvest of some veggies and cool-weather herbs.

Learn about growing and using this milder and sweeter relative of cabbage, broccoli, mustards and kale.

If you're tired of growing the same old vegetables, try these easy-growing edibles.

With enough light and a warm spot, you can grow fresh herbs indoors.

The best seeds to sow outside in fall are those that bloom early in the year. Here are some tips for success.

Perennial herbs are not only easy to grow and attractive. Learn how to help these edibles thrive in your garden.

Your own home-grown vegetables picked at the peak of ripeness are the best tasting and most nutritious ones you can eat. Find out which home-grown veggies are the best for grilling.

Have a sunny spot? Give growing your own tomatoes a try. Check out our tips for growing flavorful, juicy tomatoes at home.

Container gardens let you drop a pop of color in anywhere. Follow these basics rules for container success.

Edible landscaping – mixing edibles with the landscape’s flowers and shrubs – is hot. Here are some tips for bringing edibles with ornamental value into your landscape.

Some easy-to-grow crops are nutrition powerhouses and by growing your own fruits and veggies, you can select varieties to maximize nutrition. Here are five growing tips, plus a list of high-nutrient crops to grow yourself.

Plant a salsa garden by growing your own ingredients for fresh, homemade salsa.

One of the advantages of growing your own vegetable garden is that you get to experiment with some of the less-traveled choices. Dozens of seed companies offer just about anything you'd want, from new cultivars of old favorites to heirloom varieties to crops from other countries.

Gardening’s biggest reward is arguably the season’s first red, ripe tomato. With a bit of planning and some cold-protection strategy, your tomatoes can be ready weeks and even months ahead of the norm.

No room in the yard to dig a vegetable garden? No matter. Most vegetables grow just as well in containers as in the ground—sometimes better.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are coming back as a summer obsession, and even if you’ve never gardened before, you can dig right in. Make the right choices, keep your garden well-fed and watered, and you’ll be enjoying the fruits of your labors in no time.