If you’ve ever stood over a weedy, overgrown row garden in August and thought, there has to be a better way — there is, and ...

It's a cool spring morning but activity at the Clarkston Community Garden is heating up. A small but dedicated group of retirees is busy preparing for the growing season that is already ...

My neighbor stopped me at the fence a few years back and watched me struggling to stake a young apple tree branch down with ...

Train tomato plants on to stakes for an earlier, but smaller harvest than those grown in cages. Grow plants with less effort in sturdy towers or cages. There will be more tomatoes to pick, but a bit ...

In Gaza, war is not measured only by the number of airstrikes, but by the number of trees that no longer bear fruit.

There’s really no reason to rush to get our plants in the ground with soil temperatures in the 50s because they will just sit ...

April is when the soil and air are finally reliably warm enough to start summer vegetable, flower and herb seeds and to plant ...

This hybrid cherry tomato variety won a 2026 All-American Selections award for its performance, including its excellent ...

Tomato hornworms can be extremely destructive to tomatoes, eggplants, and pepper plants, especially when the plants are young ...

Tomato planting time revolves around the average last frost date. Since tomato plants are damaged by temperatures below 32 degrees, we normally wait until after that date. The average last frost date ...

"Warm, sunny days in early spring are encouraging after a long winter, but Mother Nature still holds the cards, and I don’t ...

One of the special joys of home vegetable gardening is harvesting vine-ripened tomatoes. Many gardeners have planted their ...