Does the cooling September weather have you itching to get your hands back in the dirt? It's the perfect time to freshen up your vegetable garden with some cool-weather veggies. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to learn which vegetables are ideal for planting this month.
When you’re not sure what’s going on with your tomatoes, this quick reference guide includes simple answers to the most common problems, from pests to diseases to nutritional deficiencies. Former organic farmer Logan Hailey also offers easy, natural solutions.
The new varieties of Brassica rapa, like ‘Market Express’, are full of flavor and can be eaten raw. Add this easy-to-grow vegetable to your list for fresh, crunchy roots for salads and sandwiches. Wendy Moulton will take you through all the care instructions for growing the new-era turnip in the vegetable garden.
Hybrid peppers combine the genetics of two different varieties into one. Plant breeders use this process to make new varieties like mild jalapeños or spicy bell peppers. Like them, you too can make hybrid peppers! Follow these 11 easy steps from avid pepper grower Jerad Bryant to create new, unique hybrids.
Do you love using fresh, crisp, green spinach in your kitchen creations? Did you know you can grow your own spinach in containers and harvest it throughout the entire year? In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen shares 9 handy tips you can use for a continual harvest of container-grown spinach.
Grab your Cubanelle seeds and get ready to grow peppers! This cultivar is a necessary component for many Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Cuban dishes, including sofrito. With sunlight, good soil, and water, your chiles will excel all summer long. Join longtime pepper grower Jerad Bryant in learning the juicy details about this unique variety.
Are you looking for a bell pepper that isn’t bland? Look no further than the pimiento types. These red peppers have sweet flesh, thick walls, and excellent flavor. Learn to grow and prepare these chiles alongside seasoned vegetable grower Jerad Bryant.
Corn, with its silky tassels and waves of green, is ripening on the stalk as we speak. With early yields enjoyed, mid and late-season plantings are nearly ready to burst in the husk. There’s a small window to harvest ears at their peak ripeness. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring ways to extract corn for its optimal sweet flavor.
Carrots are a cool-season favorite for the spring or fall vegetable garden. But carrots can sometimes be oddly shaped - maybe they’re growing legs, have hairy roots, or are bunched together in a mss that hardly looks like a carrot. Garden expert Christina Conner shares nine reasons why your carrots may be oddly shaped or deformed and how to fix it.
Have your pumpkin plant’s green leaves and vines turned limp? Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn why your plant is wilting and what you can do to revive it.
Tiny insect pests turn bountiful harvests into wastelands. They quickly decimate fruits, leaving nothing but rotting tomatoes. Learn how to combat these critters organically alongside seasoned tomato grower Jerad Bryant.
Mealy, mushy tomatoes are no fun, no matter what stage of the ripening process. Get to the bottom of this issue with tomato grower Jerad Bryant as we look at the eight main reasons tomatoes get mushy. We’ll identify the issue behind your mealy tomatoes using the process of elimination.