Vegetables

Learn how to start a new vegetable garden, choose the best vegetables and how to take care of a vegetable garden. Meet some of our favorite varieties and browse our time- and money-saving garden tips. Homegrown really does taste better!

In the Weeds

How Many Hydrangeas Are Too Many Hydrangeas?

How a visit to Martha's Vineyard re-ignited an obsession with hydrangeas that still endures today.

Edible Plant Guide

Meet easy-to-grow vegetables, learn how to grow some of your favorite vegetables, like potatoes, strawberries, greens and peas, and even learn how to plan a square-foot garden.

How to Grow Spinach

For gardeners eager to start in spring and reluctant to quit in fall, spinach is the ideal "shoulder season" crop. With a range of varieties, there's a spinach for every garden! Learn how to grow it here.

6 Types of Peppers to Grow

There's a colorful world of flavors, shapes and sizes to try for sweet and hot peppers! Here are some of my favorite pepper varieties to grow in the garden.

Tips for Growing Peppers

Love sweet and hot peppers? Try these tips for growing peppers to get a bumper crop in your garden this year!

How to Grow Rhubarb

Find must-know tips for growing rhubarb and getting your best harvest here!

The Best Vegetables to Grow & Preserve

Meg Cowden shares her favorite vegetables to grow, eat & preserve to extend her garden harvest each year.

How to Grow Asparagus

Curious about how to grow asparagus? We'll break it down for you here!

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Getting Started

Learn how to start a vegetable garden. How many vegetables should I plant? How do I start a straw bale garden? Is a galvanized raised garden bed a good idea? Find the answers to these questions and more here!

Decide When to Plant Vegetables in the Garden Using Your Last Frost Date

Use your last frost date and this handy chart to figure out when to plant vegetable seeds and starts into the garden.

Can I Grow Garlic in Minnesota?

Find out how to successfully grow garlic in northern gardens here!

Your Handy Guide to Vegetable Harvesting | How to Pick at the Right Time

Not sure when is the best time to harvest different vegetables? Check out our handy guide to learn about the signs of ripeness (and overripeness!) to pick vegetables at their peak.

Maximize Your Vegetable Harvest with Succession Planting

Learn the secrets to extending your vegetable harvest through succession planting from Minnesota gardener Meg Cowden.

8 Vegetable Garden Mistakes to Avoid

Wishing your vegetable garden performed better last year? Avoid these common mistakes!

Helpful Products for Vegetable Gardening

Which products does Niki Jabbour use in her own vegetable garden? Find out here.

Herbs

Meet easy-to-grow herbs, find out what's wrong with your basil plants, learn how to grow herbs in containers. Learn to get the most fragrance and flavor from your herb garden!

Tips for Growing Mint

Mint is an excellent addition to any cocktail garden! Learn the secrets for growing this classic herb and how to keep it from taking over your garden.

Unique Cocktails with Mint

Are you looking for ways to use garden mint? Try adding it to cocktails! Check out 4 delicious recipes for cocktails with mint that are sure to be crowd-pleasers.

4 Easy Ways to Preserve Fresh Herbs from the Garden

Learn how to harvest and preserve your fresh garden herbs to enjoy them all year!

Natural Housekeeping Ideas from Stephanie Rose

Stephanie Rose of Garden Therapy specializes in using her herb garden to create natural housekeeping products. She shares 3 ideas with us here!

How to Grow Basil

Grow your own basil and you'll always have plenty for every recipe! Here's how to choose the right variety and how to grow the best plants in your garden.

How to Avoid Basil Downy Mildew

Basil downy mildew is spreading across North America. Find out how to identify it, how to prevent it and what to do if you spot this basil disease in your garden.

Tips

Get more vegetables with less money and effort when you employ these vegetable garden tips. Troubleshoot vegetable garden problems. Grow vegetables in containers. Learn which plants repel pests, and more.

Vintage Urban Garden | Children's Books About Gardening

Children's books about gardening get the kids excited about the outdoors and help them understand the ins and outs of the plant cycle, pollinators and more! Here are some of our current favorites.

What's wrong with my strawberry plants?

We answer questions about common strawberry problems, diseases and insects.

How to plant vegetables in a hanging basket

Make the most of every square inch of your garden when you learn how to plant vegetables in a hanging basket. Expert Brie Arthur shows you how!

Upcycled Seed Packet Storage Tip

Do you have some leftover seed packets? Here’s a helpful way to store them until you need them again.

Long-lasting plant tags

No more confusion about which plant is which. These labels are here to stay.

Growing vegetables indoors

Check out a few of our tips for growing vegetables indoors over winter and vegetable varieties we recommend

Tomatoes

Learn how to grow the best tomatoes. We'll show you which tomato varieties to buy, how to save your own tomato seeds, introduce you to delicious heirloom tomatoes and even show you a few garden-fresh tomato recipes!

Tomato Plant Problems

If tomato plant problems are causing your harvest to be less than bountiful, check out these common problems and find out what you can do.

Best Heirloom Tomato Varieties to Grow

Check out tomato grower, Jennie Smith’s, favorite heirloom tomatoes varieties ranging from cherry to beefsteak and learn a little about each one’s history.

How to Save Tomato Seeds

Learn how to save tomato seeds and other "wet" seeds with this simple fermentation process.

4 favorite heirloom tomatoes

Tomato guru Brie Arthur shares four of her favorite heirloom tomatoes. They produce lots of fruit, add color to your garden and plate, and taste delicious!

2 Easy Ways to Preserve Your Tomato Harvest

Preserving tomatoes for winter is a great way to enjoy your fresh harvest year-round. This tomato paste and juice recipe will help you use your harvest efficiently.

Different Types of Tomatoes

When it comes to tomatoes there are a few types to choose from. Learn about the differences here to choose the right tomato to grow in your garden.

In the Weeds

In our newest column, In the Weeds, Jamie Seitz takes a look at the light-hearted side of gardening.

How Many Hydrangeas Are Too Many Hydrangeas?

How a visit to Martha's Vineyard re-ignited an obsession with hydrangeas that still endures today.

An Afternoon at The Botanical Garden

There's no better way to beat the cold than to visit a vibrant botanical garden — where every day feels like a tropical getaway!

Backyard Tornado

Tornadoes are part of Midwest life, but when one came too close last summer, it reminded us to appreciate the resilience of our gardens and the kindness of good neighbors.

Digging for Garden Treasure in the Backyard

You never know what you’ll find when digging in the garden. Find out what we discovered when we moved the kids’ trampoline in the backyard last summer!

Gardening in Flip-Flops

After my chiropractor insisted I give up flip-flops to heal, I balked—flip-flops are part of my gardening uniform! Could I even garden without them?

How I Started Growing Dahlias

After almost splurging on a cart full of dahlia tubers to beat the winter blues, I turned to a friend’s local farm for a crash course in growing dahlias.

Eating Well

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