
These guidelines on water catchment, irrigation, pumping, greenhouses and solar-powered fences can benefit gardening projects anywhere.

Arugula can be a dependable seller at farmers markets, but other good outlets exist. Here are tips on pricing and marketing.

Most gardeners look forward to shopping for plants at a nursery every spring, but did you know there's a right and a wrong way to select a nursery transplant for your garden?

Some of our land's medicinal herbs are said to offer protection from evil, while others have been used to attract mates. While not to be taken literally, these stories and legends offer interesting insight into past cultures.

If you live in a hot climate, summer lettuce might seem impossible to grow. But a combination of efforts in germination, irrigation and harvesting can make it worth your while.

What am I doing with all that I'm foraging this spring? Something lovely, of course.

The bumblebee doesn't make honey, its queen overwinters alone, and it pollinates through a most unusual mechanism.

Gardening in the shade presents special challenges, but plenty of beautiful annual flowers for the shade exist that can help liven up a shady bed, border or container.

Do you know which types of tomatoes are best for your vegetable garden? Here are the differences between indeterminate, determinate and dwarf varieties.

Don't let weeding get the best of you this year. New strategies you can add to your arsenal include row orientation, living mulch and abrasive weeding.

Succession planting lets you harvest a crop over a longer period, which prevents waste and lengthens your selling time. It also helps in several ways you might not have considered.

Squash is fairly easy to grow, it produces a lot and is versatile in the kitchen. But is it better to start squash from seed or transplants? Here are the pros and cons of each.