Lots of cool-season vegetables can be planted in our gardens now, including leafy vegetables like lettuce. Lettuce is easy to grow, and freshly harvested lettuce is so delicious. Whether you have a ...

Many vegetable gardeners get a jump on the growing season by starting their own seeds indoors and February is the time to begin seeding cool-season crops such as onions, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, ...

Although there are many old sayings such as, “Plant your potatoes when the oak leaves are the size of a mouse’s ear,” I would rather depend on soil temperature and calendar dates. Besides, who really ...

These beginner‑friendly, space‑saving plants thrive when started in early spring and keep producing into summer.

Gardeners obsess over seed varieties and planting dates, yet the soil under their boots often gets ignored. Soil testing for ...