Vegetables

Vegetable gardening is one of the most satisfying things on the planet. Learn how to maximize your veggie garden this year and for the future!

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.

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Vegetables

7 Fall Container Vegetable Combinations for Apartment Balconies

It’s never too late to grow vegetables! Fall crops, indoor seed starting, and container gardening are great ways to beat the seasons, whether you have an apartment balcony or a small window. Try one of these seven vegetable combinations that work perfectly in containers, from seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.

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Vegetables

Extending the Harvest: Fall Care for Pepper Plants

Fall is an interesting time for pepper plants. You likely still have ripening peppers, and the temperature is steadily cooling each day. Cool weather, ample rainfall, and early frosts threaten these peppers before you can harvest them. Don’t worry—we’ll extend the harvest with some simple tricks from pepper grower Jerad Bryant.

A group of fall perennial vegetables with large, tightly-packed green buds and overlapping leaf-like layers.

Vegetables

9 Perennial Vegetables That Benefit From Fall Planting

Perennial vegetables bring years of rewards, from flavor and nutrition to ornamental value and pollinator support. Depending on your climate and selection, they can develop for a cool-season harvest with planting in the fall. Enjoy fulfilling harvests from repeat performers with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

Large, oval green-striped fruit resting on thick, trailing stems, surrounded by broad, lobed leaves with slightly serrated edges, an example of one of the difficult-to-grow vegetables.

Vegetables

11 Most Difficult-to-Grow Vegetables in the Home Garden

The most difficult-to-grow vegetables vary depending on where you live. Hot zone gardeners struggle with cold crops, and the inverse is true for gardeners in cold zones. Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant to discover which vegetables are a challenge to grow in the home garden.

Woman holding a large crate filled with freshly harvested root vegetables in August, knowing what to plant in August

Vegetables

9 Root Vegetables You Should Start From Seed in August

This month marks the time for many gardeners to start fall crops, balancing the seeding with seasonal transitions and the first anticipated frost. As the summer harvest wanes, we can look forward to a fall bounty. Enjoy the easy sowing and growing of favorite root vegetables to start in August.

Rows of defoliated tomato plants with bare stems and sparse foliage, showing clusters of ripening red and green fruits in a garden bed.

Vegetables

Should You Defoliate Your Tomato Plants?

Defoliation is a leaf-removal technique with upsides and downsides, but is it necessary? The process may cause more harm than good. Join longtime tomato grower Jerad Bryant to explore the benefits and drawbacks of defoliating tomato plants.

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Vegetables

How to Know if Your Carrots Are Ready to Harvest

As carrots develop underground, each one uncovers a unique treasure at pulling. Knowing what to look for and when to harvest the root vegetables brings the crispiest, sweetest crunch. Garden expert Katherine Rowe outlines how to know when carrots are ready to capture them at peak harvest.