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!

Close-up of eggplant vegetables producing large oval fruits with smooth, glossy, dark purple skin growing on strong stems among green foliage, sown directly in May.

Vegetables

11 Vegetable Seeds You Can Direct Sow in May

May brings sweeping warmth across much of the Northern Hemisphere, which means prime time for direct sowing heat-loving vegetables. The streamline method suits a variety of warm-season crops and couldn’t be easier. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe highlights vegetables to direct sow in May based on their growing preference and your growing zone.

Slender green immature pods hang from upright Vigna unguiculata stems with narrow green leaves.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Green Beans

Chefs rejoice at the sight of fresh, homegrown green beans. They’re more nutritious and delicious than their grocery store counterparts. Fill a bed with bean plants and you’ll have beans for the rest of the year! Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant in learning how to cultivate these easy-growing crops.

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Fruits

7 Strawberry Varieties With Charming Pink Flowers

Is there anything sweeter than a homegrown summer strawberry? Maybe one picked from a plant brimming with pink blooms. Gardener Katherine Rowe explores pink-flowering strawberry varieties to delight the hanging basket or container this season.

An overhead shot of ripe and red colored fruits of the albion strawberries

Fruits

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Albion’ Strawberries

If you’re looking for the sweetest strawberry to grow in your garden this year, look no further than 'Albion' strawberries. These day-neutral plants are easy to grow and produce tons of delicious fruit. In this article, horticulture expert Matt Dursum shows you how to plant, grow, and care for these high-yielding berries.

Close-up of foolproof tomato varieties including orange, yellow, red and purple fruits in various sizes.

Edible

21 Foolproof Tomato Varieties Anyone Can Grow

Tomatoes are some of the best vegetables you can grow in your garden. If you’re a beginning gardener, you too can enjoy growing these fantastic plants. In this article, horticulture expert Matt Dursum covers the 21 foolproof tomato varieties anyone can grow.

A close-up shot of ripe red berries that showcases bigger sweeter strawberries

Fruits

9 Tips for Bigger, Sweeter Homegrown Strawberries

Strawberries are delicious, nutritious, and easy to grow! They sprout off perennial rosettes that need some care to perform their best. Follow these nine tips from seasoned grower Jerad Bryant and you’ll have bigger, sweeter homegrown strawberries in no time.

A close-up shot of a composition of vibrant orange taproot crops with rounded tips

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Danvers’ Carrots

Are you looking for an easy-to-grow carrot that’s both full of flavor and good for beginners? ‘Danvers’ carrots may be what you’re looking for this spring. In this article, horticulture expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for this wonderful variety.

Healthy tomato plant with ripe red fruits growing abundantly in a hanging woven pot.

Vegetables

11 Vegetables That Look Great in Hanging Baskets

Growing vegetables in hanging baskets not only expands the bounty, but it also adds vertical interest, ornamenting the view with the surprise of multitasking selections. Join gardener Katherine Rowe in exploring top-performing crops for hanging baskets to broaden the harvest and the display.

Various pots and containers overflow with vibrant vegetable combinations—containers filled with tomatoes, lettuce, mint, parsley, and other herbs and greens growing in rich soil.

Vegetables

9 Vegetable Combinations That Grow Well Together in Containers

With companion plants and compatible pairings, the vegetable harvest goes all season. Containers are no exception, given the right sizing and plant selection. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores top vegetable combinations to grow in pots for versatile additions to the garden and culinary endeavors.