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!

Fall apple tree care. A fall apple tree with a thick trunk and sturdy branches is covered in yellow and green autumn leaves, with clusters of red round fruits hanging among the foliage.

Fruits

Fall Apple Tree Care Guide

Fall apple tree care seeks to prepare and protect your tree for dormancy, as well as support its long-term health. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to discuss steps to prepping your apple tree in the fall. You'll have a successful dormancy and a prosperous season ahead.

Rows of fall green varieties display a mix of curly purple-red kale leaves and broad, slightly wavy blue-green collard leaves emerging from dense rosettes in the garden bed.

Vegetables

Fall Kale and Collard Varieties that Grow in Cold Weather

Easy-to-grow cool-season crops like kale and collards bring high nutritional returns. The historic crops are hallmarks of the fall and winter kitchen, with simple picking for fresh eating as quick, young greens or cooking to sweeten mature leaves. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores top-performing (and tasting) kale and collard varieties that thrive in the all.

Close-up of Tatsoi plant, one of the popular Fall Asian greens, showing dense rosettes of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves with short, sturdy stems.

Edible

Asian Greens for Fall and Winter Gardens: Beyond Bok Choy

Asian greens are nutrient-dense, easy to grow, and boast rich flavor profiles. Moving easily from garden to table, the quick-growing crops produce high yields during the cool season. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores Asian greens with broad appeal to grow in the fall for ready harvests.

Large portobello mushroom top visible above garden soil.

Edible

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Portobello Mushrooms at Home

Portobello mushrooms taste delicious and meaty. They’re expensive, so why not grow them at home? Though they’re more complicated to cultivate than other mushrooms, some growers may be up to the challenge. Learn how to plant, grow, and care for portobello mushrooms at home with grower Jerad Bryant.

Fall raspberry care with a bush having countless red berries dangling from a healthy plant with bright green foliage

Fruits

Fall-Fruiting Raspberry Care: Pruning and Management

Fall-fruiting raspberries behave differently from other varieties; they produce two crops a year. With proper pruning and management, you can influence your brambles to grow baskets full of raspberries. Join seasoned gardener Jerad Bryant for a crash course on proper raspberry care.

A close-up and overhead shot of a tray with individual pots of developing aromatic plants in a kitchen counter, showcasing fall low-light herbs

Herbs

11 Low-Light Indoor Herbs for Fall and Winter Kitchens

Home cooks unite! These herbs are perfect for pushing your dishes from amateur to professional status. They add flavor, texture, and pungent spice. Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant and discover these 11 herbs perfect for low-light winter kitchens.

Swiss chard, a fast-growing vegetable with bright yellow succulent stems and broad, dark green, wrinkled leaves, grows in a row in a sunny garden.

Vegetables

11 Fast-Growing Vegetables You Can Plant Now and Harvest Before Frost

For a quick turnaround now before heavy frost, we rely on fast-growing vegetables to fill the seasonal transition. Adaptable, they germinate in warm conditions and develop as the weather cools, even tolerating light frost. Garden expert Katherine Rowe outlines speedy crops to sow now for a nutritious bounty before cold weather.