Growing up on a farm, I thought everyone had an acre or two set aside as a vegetable garden. It wasn't until I owned my first home that I was faced with starting a garden from scratch in a different ...

With fresh, year-round produce available at the grocery store, vegetable gardening for beginners may seem pointless, not to mention challenging. But growing fruits and vegetables is a great way to ...

Starting your very first vegetable garden can feel both exciting and overwhelming. You’ve bought your seeds, you’ve got a patch of soil or a few containers ready—but now what? How deep do you plant ...

The Jan/Feb 2025 issue of Texas Gardener magazine always contains their annual Spring Planting Guide which then triggers me to give veggie gardeners a heads-up. This guide provides valuable ...

Gardeners are an inquisitive bunch, but the thing about our questions is that most other people have them, too. Here’s an assortment of questions we received but didn’t have time to answer during our ...

As the planting season for many draws near, those with outdoor space can plan some of their choices for the year ahead. However, those without such generous space needn’t look on with envy; there are ...

As Texas leaves behind the cold months of winter and heads into the warmer temperatures of spring, you may want to begin planning your vegetable garden. Whether you’re brand new to growing or you’ve ...

Hydroponic gardening has been steadily growing its fan base ever since the pandemic, when so many of us started getting into growing our own produce and being creative with crops in even the tightest ...

How are you doing on your fall vegetable garden? The soil should have been prepared by incorporating 2 inches of compost and 10 cups of slow release 19-05-09 fertilizer into each 100-square feet ...

As part of our month-long "TODAY Goes Green" series, Al Roker rolled up his sleeves to learn how to plant a successful vegetable garden — and found that it's not as difficult as he thought. Al worked ...

There are ways to improve soil health, control diseases and manage pests without applying heavy amounts of fertilizer or pesticides. For gardeners committed to growing several years into the future, ...

We are fortunate in Florida to have two growing seasons for vegetables. In the spring (actually late winter), we can plant warm season crops like beans, tomatoes, squash, peppers and cucumber. If you ...