Steve Bender, also known as The Grumpy Gardener, is an award-winning author, editor, columnist, and speaker with nearly 40 years experience as Garden Editor, Senior Writer, and Editor-at-Large for ...
Try these expert-approved techniques to make the most of your small garden. It's probably no surprise that when square ...
Short on space? Consider microgardening. Although the term might conjure thoughts of minuscule garden gnomes and fairies, the reality is quite the opposite. You can get a surprisingly high yield from ...
Q. With rising cost of groceries and gas lately, I’m trying to up my garden game this year. What are the best crops I can ...
Many fruits can be grown in containers. Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and even some dwarf fruit trees work well in confined spaces. Citrus does well in large containers.
Planting a garden is easy but seeing it through until it yields a healthy crop takes a little planning and effort, one expert ...
For many cooks, a kitchen garden is a romantic idea, especially if you call it by its fancy French name: a potager ...
Here are the plants and vegetables you should be planting in your garden in the early spring days before heat hits.
One of the benefits of growing your own food is that you are in control of the types of chemicals, both natural or man-made, used in garden beds and on your plants.
Fill a container with rich, well-drained, loose soil. Add fertilizer or compost. Plant young lettuce plants or sow seeds. If ...
These eleven vegetables were made to keep putting out new growth so you can harvest them daily and eat more fresh veg all ...
Spring is my favorite time of year, and May is its queen. Before we begin waxing poetic about gardening though, have you ...