Edible

Learn all about edible gardening to improve your health, save on groceries, and reconnect with nature. Our detailed guides show you how to grow food!

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Vegetables

9 Best Fast-Growing Pole Beans for Vertical Growing

Fast-growing pole beans bring quick, nutritious rewards. With continuous production, they offer high yields over a long harvest season. Growing the flavorful pods is an easy endeavor, using vertical supports to direct growth. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores quick varieties to enjoy all summer.

Wooden boxes hold ripe, fast-growing melons with pale green, netted, ribbed rinds, one cut open to reveal vibrant orange flesh above the others.

Fruits

7 Fastest-Growing Melons For the Home Garden

Melons bring a refreshing sweetness, but they often take multiple months to mature. If you want to harvest these summer fruits but don’t have much time for them to grow, join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn some of the fastest-growing melons for the garden.

Fruits

How to Grow Watermelons in Pots and Containers

Growing watermelons in containers lets us enjoy the sweet, juicy taste of summer in versatile situations. From small spaces to simply conserving valuable in-ground space, potted watermelons take up less room while developing their thick-skinned fruits over a long season. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines how to grow watermelons in pots and the best picks for the self-contained growing options.

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Fruits

How Long Do Watermelons Take to Produce Fruit?

As warm-season crops go, classically large watermelons take a long time to develop those thick-skinned, juice-filled, weighty fruits. Early maturing and more compact varieties produce fruit earlier, but still need plenty of long days soaking up warmth and sunshine. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores how long watermelons take to fruit by type and how to boost their sweet rewards.

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Fruits

10 Mini Watermelon Varieties For Small Spaces

If you love watermelons but you're concerned about having enough space for the vines to spread out, you can grow equally delicious mini varieties. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to talk about some compact options for your smaller space garden.

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Herbs

9 Herbs You Should Never Plant Together

Most herbs support the ones near them, but some are harmful to others! Keep these pairings far away from each other so they both grow well. These nine herbs deserve their own spot, otherwise, they’ll harm your harvest!

Trailing stems of Cherry Falls tomatoes spill over the edges of containers, covered in glossy green leaves and clusters of bright red cherry tomatoes, in a greenhouse.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Cherry Falls’ Tomatoes

Summer is the season of tomatoes! If you like cherry varieties, ‘Cherry Falls’ is the type for you. It’s quick-growing and fast to fruit, sprouting delicious, bite-sized fruit two months after planting. Give it the care it needs, and it’ll reward you with baskets full of cherry tomatoes.

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Fruits

How to Grow a Peach Tree From a Pit

That delicious peach you just finished eating could be the start of your own peach tree. While growing from a pit takes patience and doesn't guarantee the same fruit quality, it's a rewarding project that costs nothing but time. Gardening expert Madison Moulton walks you through the entire process, from preparing the pit to caring for your young tree.

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Vegetables

How to Grow A Bounty of Zucchini in Pots and Containers

With manageable vines and ornamental fruits, zucchini moves with ease from the container to the kitchen. The high-yielding, quick-growing crops bring a summer bounty whether in the ground, raised beds, or in pots. With the right selection and care, we’ll enjoy the tender fruits in short order. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in growing zucchini in pots and containers for an all-season harvest.

Fruits

No Berries on Your Strawberry Plant? 11 Fixes to Try

Strawberries are one of the easiest berries to grow. Although technically not true berries, these fruiting perennials thrive with some care and maintenance. If yours aren’t producing strawberries, try these 11 fixes to promote ample flowering and fruiting in your crop.