One of my favorite meals that my husband cooks is stuffed portobello mushrooms filled with cheese, spinach, onions, and tomatoes. It's beyond delicious, and my love of this dish encouraged me to learn ...
Dividing Plants in Your Garden: What You Need to Know
As your perennial plants get larger, it’s a good idea to consider dividing them. Not only does this make it so that you can plant more elsewhere or share with friends and family, but it's also ...
How to Cure Vegetables for Long-Term Storage
You spent all summer growing vegetables in your garden, and now you're wondering how to cure those vegetables to keep them throughout the winter. Proper storing and curing vegetables is a key step ...
Growing Lemon Balm: Varieties, Planting Guide, Care, Problems, and Harvest
Lemon balm is an aromatic, tasty, perennial herb that you can grow in your garden with little trouble. It has a lemon-mint scent that is refreshing and perfect for both hot and cold drinks, as well as ...
Understanding and Harnessing Microclimates in the Garden
Most gardeners are familiar with USDA hardiness zones, which help them understand their first and final frost dates, but most people don't know much about microclimates in the garden. ...
Sheet Mulching: A Quick Guide to Getting Started
The key to a healthy, productive garden is the soil; you want to have soil that is diverse and full of microorganisms. Sheet mulching is a clever way to make this happen. Organic gardeners use ...
Leaf Miners: How to Prevent and Get Rid of These Pests from Your Garden
So you've spotted some maze-like squiggly lines in your precious spinach leaves. Or maybe your crops are covered in annoying flies. Bad news: you could have an infestation of leaf miners. Leaf ...
Winter Squash: Best Varieties, Growing Guide, Care, Problems, and Harvest
Here's my favorite part about growing winter squash: After all of the other produce is out of the garden, you can still enjoy fresh veggies on the dinner table because winter squash ripens late in the ...
Yarrow: Best Varieties, Growing Guide, Care, Problems, and Harvest
Are you looking for a native plant that works as the perfect border or ground cover option? Growing yarrow could be the ideal choice for you, inviting pollinators to your garden and requiring little ...