Gardening

All about gardening - we have many in-depth guides about edibles, ornamentals, houseplants, and much more. We provide answers for your garden issues!

A bed with rows of growing bibb lettuce plants with soft, bright green leaves forming compact, rounded heads with gently ruffled edges and a smooth, tender texture.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Bibb Lettuce

Although bibb lettuce’s buttery leaves are delicious, they don’t always hold up well in transport. Therefore, growing this lettuce at home is one of the best ways to enjoy this tender crop. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn how to grow bibb lettuce from seed to harvest.

A whole and a halved Allium cepa bulb with glossy outer layers and tightly packed inner rings.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Red Onions

If you love cooking, you probably love the taste and versatility of red onions. But did you know that you can grow these onions easily at home? In this article, horticulture expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for red onions in your garden.

A gardener holds a freshly harvested bunch of colorful carrots variety, with vibrant orange, purple, and yellow roots and feathery green tops.

Vegetables

9 Colorful Carrot Varieties to Plant This Season

Before the classic orange carrot was its predecessors in purple, red, gold, and white. Today, there’s a resurgence in colorful carrot varieties to enliven fresh snacking and culinary experiences. Garden expert Katherine Rowe shares bright selections to easily incorporate into the vegetable garden this spring.

Rows of Daucus carota roots, bright orange and thick, partly emerging from dark, loose soil. The green feathery leaves are upright and dense above each root.

Vegetables

How To Grow Carrots From Seed: 5 Easy Steps

Growing carrots from seed lets us choose our favorite heirloom, organic, and conventional varieties and grow them in numbers for yields all season. Dedicating a patch or tucking them in among other plants makes the small-space crops versatile in garden locations. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores how to grow carrots from seed for bright, colorful roots this summer.

Tight clusters of reddish-purple bulbils growing at the curved top ends of green hollow stalks.

Edible

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Walking Onions

Are you looking to grow unique varieties of onions this year? Walking onions actually appear like they’re stepping over each other as they grow. In this article, horticulture expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for these strange yet delicious plants.

Close-up of a blooming native plant in late spring, possessing large clusters of funnel-shaped pink flowers with darker speckles bloom above glossy, dark green, leathery leaves.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Native Plants That Bloom in Late Spring

Pollinators need our care! Planting late spring blooming native species is an excellent way to help them. Your late flowering plants will provide pollen and nectar while their structures offer valuable habitat space. Native plant gardener Jerad Bryant shares 11 choice varieties for the home garden.

Freshly harvested Allium cepa bulbs in yellow, white, and red shades with green Allium fistulosum stalks.

Edible

15 Onion Varieties to Plant in March

With their crunchy texture and savory, pungent flavor, onions add a “wow” factor to meals. Whether you grow them from seeds or starts, these crops are essential for kitchen and cottage gardens. Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant in discovering the 15 best onions to plant in March.

A hand places a sprouted Solanum tuberosum tuber with green shoots into loose brown soil.

Edible

Is it a Good Idea to Plant Whole Potatoes?

Potatoes are easy crops to grow! They spread underground, forming dozens of tubers below the soil. When planting, can you plant whole taters or is it better to cut them into pieces first? Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant answers the question.