Because life isn’t all peas and carrots, companion planting is just as effective in your ornamental beds and borders as with your vegetables.

Last week we planted the last of our cool season seeds. Any cool season seeds planted from here on out will run the risk of ...

Growing vegetables at home doesn’t have to be complicated. With the right choices, even beginners can enjoy fresh produce ...

Raised garden beds offer numerous benefits and can expand the variety of plants you are able to grow in a landscape. Discover healthy vegetables and herbs, and gorgeous flowers that thrive in raised ...

At the time, I had a small raised bed, about two metres square. I needed a variety that would suit a small garden, and I stumbled across a rather unique type: the patty pan squash. It was a real ...

What happens when you mix extraordinary local art and food? A big blast, that’s what. Nestled amid the cool and picturesque ...

For vegetables that produce over a long season, consider summer squash, kale, tomatoes, chard, carrots and beets. Lettuce and ...

The uptake of calcium from the soil by the tomato plant can be reduced by fluctuations in soil moisture — either excessively ...

The weather is warming up, flowers are starting to pop out of the ground and outdoor vegetable gardening time is here!

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...