Tomatoes are a popular vegetable for home gardening. They are suitable for beginners, and the variety of types is immense.

By late summer into early fall, the tiny, lantern-shaped husks will dry up and drop, and the fruits will begin to self-seed.

Every bag of fertilizer has three numbers on the front of the packaging. Those numbers are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium ...

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Often, the most effective gardening tricks come down to simple solutions, and one kitchen staple item is efficient at ...

There is nothing quite like biting into a sun-ripened strawberry grown in your own yard. Beyond the unbeatable flavor and satisfaction, homegrown produce is often more nutritious than store-bought, ...

An elevated, rolling garden bed can make gardening so much easier. While you can't exactly move fixed garden plots around, ...

Leave the blooming parsley in the garden, however. The tiny flowers provide food for and attract parasitic wasps into the ...

Tomatoes are one of Britain’s favourite crops, partly because they adapt easily to indoor and outdoor environments. They do ...

Mint is the easiest herb to grow. It’s so easy it may take over your garden if you aren’t careful, so plant it in a pot and ...

Weed out bad garden myths on the best way to ripen green tomatoes, what to plant near black walnut trees, and more.