May 21, 2013 Recipes: Favorites Rock Memorial Day Cookout Set your gardening gloves aside. With the unofficial kickoff to summer just days away, it's time to get serious about your Memorial Day menu. Thes...

May 16, 2013 Want to Plant On Time? Go Online! Pop quiz: What's the best time to start lettuce from seed outdoors? When should begonia seeds be started indoors? And how late is too late to plan...

May 13, 2013 Video: Want Beans? You've Got Options! How do you like your beans—short and compact or tall and lanky? We're talking about plants, of course—bush beans and pole beans. Bo...

April 30, 2013 Recipes: Fast, Fresh & Light The rewards of gardening are vast and even tasty, if you grow vegetables. This time of year, with many of us coming out of a long and tedious winte...

April 29, 2013 Video: Yes You Can (Grow Blueberries)! With a reputation for being finicky, blueberries don't always make gardeners' lists of favorite plants. But they should. Unless you live on...

April 22, 2013 Video: Garnish Your Garden With Edibles Ever look out at a landscape and think it looks enticing enough to eat? Why not make it so, by adding some bold and delicious edibles to your ornament...

April 15, 2013 Recipes: Chicken Gets A Spring Makeover You're spiffing up your gardens and sprucing up your yard. Why not give America's favorite ingredient, chicken, a makeover? These recipes give...

April 08, 2013 Video: Grow a Cocktail Garden When it comes to brewing cocktails, Amy Stewart looks to her garden for inspiration. She's not the first. Humans have used all kinds of flowers...

April 04, 2013 Growing Vegetables? Use These Guides! You can't beat the pleasure of plucking vegetables from your own garden. But getting to that moment of harvest isn't always a cakewalk. Nov...

March 26, 2013 Recipes: Treat Yourself! These recipes will make Easter special without requiring enormous effort. Even if you don't celebrate the holiday, you'll want to indulge in t...

March 25, 2013 Video: Better Soil = Better Veggies Spring is so close, you can almost smell the dirt! That means it's time to start thinking about soil preparation, especially for vegetable beds. ...

March 18, 2013 Video: Hail the Bale! Have you heard the latest news about raised beds? You can make instant ones with straw bales. It turns out they provide an ideal environment for gr...

March 12, 2013 Recipes: Five Fantastic Muffins These muffins sing with flavor: deep coffee, bright lemon, rich chocolate, zesty lime, ripe banana. Reach for one to start your day, as a post-gardeni...

March 07, 2013 Just Add Water No plants, no pots, no soil? No problem! Even if you don't have a single gardening supply on hand, you can still grow flowers, herbs, even vege...

February 26, 2013 Recipes: Ultra-Yummy Grilled Cheese Sandwiches A far cry from white bread and American cheese singles, these grilled cheese sandwiches are fancied up just enough to make them pure delight. BACON...

February 21, 2013 The Cold Facts: Winter Sowing Works! Anxious to get some seeds started but have no room in your house? Start them outdoors, even if the temps are still frigid. It's easy, it requires ...

February 19, 2013 Growing Veggies In A Pot? Easier Than Ever! You don't need a backyard to grow vegetables—just a sunny balcony or patio and a few small pots, window boxes or hanging baskets paired with...

February 14, 2013 Don't Get Burned by Frost "Plant after all danger of frost has passed." That advice is on most seed packets—and it's important to follow because frost ca...

February 12, 2013 Recipes: Comfort From the Cold To combat winter's chill, there's nothing quite like a bowl of something steamin' hot and satisfying for dinner. With ingredients like thy...

February 11, 2013 Video: Do Your Seeds Pass Muster? You hate to be wasteful. But you didn't need all the zinnia seeds you purchased last year, so you saved them. Now you're wondering if you can ...

January 28, 2013 Time to Order Seeds! Seed catalogs make great winter companions. Curl up on the couch with one, or a dozen, and soon you'll be dreaming of a host of newcomers you'...

January 22, 2013 Recipes: Just Say Soup A steaming bowl of soup can lift even the most chilled winter spirits, and we've got five super-filling options. They're just what the season ...

January 14, 2013 New for 2013: Grow Prizewinning Plants Working on your plant wishlist for 2013? Be sure to add these just-announced award-winners to the must-get column. They're the second batch of Al...

January 08, 2013 Recipes: A Fresh Start for 2013! Every January you make a promise: Try to eat healthier. It's a terrific goal but tough to reach unless the food you prepare tastes good. These fiv...

December 11, 2012 Recipes: 5 Gifts from Your Kitchen Everyone knows that the best gifts come from the heart—and your kitchen. Make this year the tastiest one yet when you wrap up something from thi...

November 29, 2012 Video: From Tomato Cage to Christmas Tree! This season, when your neighbors are sprucing up the outside of their homes with the usual dogwood stems and evergreen boughs, turn heads at your addr...

November 20, 2012 Recipes: Tasty Ways to Use Thanksgiving Leftovers Thanksgiving may be a couple of days away, but it's not too early to make plans for the leftovers. Be prepared with a handful of recipes that make...

October 29, 2012 Video: Tips and Tricks for Indoor Herbs Summer may be over, but fresh herbs are here to stay—as your indoor companions. Parsley, rosemary and thyme are just a few that are easy to g...

October 16, 2012 Recipes: Fall's Best Fruit Desserts Gardeners aren't necessarily mathematicians, but here's one equation we can easily solve: What does cool weather plus fall fruit equal? Delici...

October 15, 2012 Video: Get Your Garlic In While you hurry to plant bulbs this fall, don't forget this edible one: Garlic! Now is the best time to plant garlic because overwintering in t...

September 25, 2012 Recipes: Fall Produce, 5 Delicious Options The season's produce is calling you! Hearty vegetables and sweet fruit are begging to make an appearance on your table, and we have just the recip...

September 11, 2012 Meet the Good Guy: Autumn Revolution Bittersweet When the bittersweet vine Autumn Revolution (Celastrus scandens 'Bailumn') hit the market in 2009, the good guys in a bittersweet battle that&...

August 30, 2012 Mark Now, Find Later Divide and plant! Divide and plant! This time of year, that mantra's heard 'round the gardening world. Digging up perennials and dividin...

August 28, 2012 Recipes: 5 Tasty Ways to Use Up Zucchini It's that time of year when those zucchini plants you've been tending are flooding you with produce. Don't panic. Turn them into one of th...

August 23, 2012 Video: You'll Dig This Advice Finally! Those potatoes and onions you've been babying all summer are ready to harvest. So don't blow it. If harvested and stored proper...

August 16, 2012 Bloggers We Love! Too hot to garden? Get your gardening fix from these enjoyable bloggers! In Garden History Girl, Paige Johnson (shown) entertains and informs with ...

August 13, 2012 It's Time to Plant More Veggies! Harvesting the last of your summer vegetables? Don't be sad, be glad! Now you have room to plant a fall vegetable garden. This is the ideal tim...

August 09, 2012 Time to Ramble Through the Brambles! Got brambles? You do if you've got raspberries or blackberries. That's the common name for cane berries and other plants in the genus Rubus...

July 24, 2012 From Garden to Table: 4 Must-Make Recipes When the fresh crop of vegetables threatens to overrun your kitchen, it's time for some creative cooking! You'll find inspiration in these fou...

July 19, 2012 Bloggers We Love! Take a few minutes away from your garden chores to indulge in some garden chatter! Here are three bloggers we're enjoying this month. In Everda...

June 21, 2012 Bloggers We Love! Take a break from your garden chores—and read what other gardeners are doing! Ivette Soler's blog, The Germinatrix, is a celebration of p...

June 12, 2012 Pinching Has Its Rewards This Sunday, give Dad a Father's Day gift he can use every summer: the secret to better tomatoes! It's the perfect present because it costs...

May 29, 2012 If You Build It, They Will Grow What does raising tomatoes have in common with raising kids? Every time you turn around, they've grown another inch. And they need lots of support, es...

May 22, 2012 From Your Garden to Your Table: 4 Must-Make Recipes Give your homegrown fruits and vegetables the star billing they deserve this weekend in a tasty array of recipes that are perfect for Memorial Day ent...

May 17, 2012 Grow Potatoes, Skip the Digging Growing potatoes takes little effort and the rewards are so tasty. It's even more fun when you don't have to dig up the harvest! While some ga...

May 15, 2012 This Watermelon Matures In Just 90 Days It's not too late! You've still got time to plant one of summer's most beloved treats—watermelon. 'Shiny Boy' melon, an All-...

May 07, 2012 Soil Testing Has Never Been Easier Putting plants in garden beds without knowing anything about the soil is a little like making a casserole and then trying to bake it in the dishwasher...

April 30, 2012 Less Planting, More Butterhead Lettuce! Butterhead lettuce is the darling of early summer salads. Tossed with a light dressing and topped with fresh herbs and veggies, it's an irresistible t...

February 28, 2012 Show Us Your Garden! Gardeners are showoffs—in the best sense of the word! We love to share our bounty, whether it's food or flower, with friends and family. ...

April 22, 2011 Grow Delicious Blueberries Blueberries usually come with a premium price at the grocery store. But you can beat that price by growing your own. ...

March 31, 2011 A Fun Kit to Get Kids Gardening Kids don't always want to eat their vegetables—unless they grow them themselves. The American Gardening Association says 98 percent of kids who grow t...

March 28, 2011 Delicious Recipes for Your Garden Harvest There's nothing more fun than growing fresh herbs, vegetables, and fruits in your garden. But being stuck with a fridge full of edibles and not knowin...

March 24, 2011 No Tools Needed for This Raised Bed Gardeners love raised beds for so many reasons: they solve the problem of poor soil conditions, they make it easy to grow a lot of veggies efficiently...

March 21, 2011 Don't Wait for Summer to Grow Your Own Fresh Herbs Nothing beats the flavor of fresh herbs from your garden—except maybe fresh herbs growing on your kitchen windowsill. ...

March 10, 2011 Take Container Gardening to New Heights Do you ever wish for more space in your garden? Most of us do. Wouldn't it be great if we could get that extra space without sacrificing other plants ...

February 24, 2011 Check Out These Funky Little Potted Herbs If you're craving the tastes of a summer garden in the middle of winter, we've come across a delicious solution. These sup...

February 17, 2011 Veggies on Wheels Some lucky gardeners are blessed with large sunny lots with perfect soil where they can plant row upon row of delicious veggies. But the rest of us st...

January 27, 2011 Grow Herbs Indoors Without Soil If you're a veggie gardener, you know how long the winter seems without some of those fresh veggies and herbs straight from the garden. ...

January 10, 2011 2011: The Year of Tomatoes and Zinnias We love tomatoes and we love zinnias. And we think a celebration is in order, as they've both been honored as crops of the year for 2011. ...

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