Figuring out when to start planting tomatoes can be tricky because they won’t grow well if you plant too early or too late in the year. Unlike fast-growing radishes and lettuce ...

Many gardeners resort to using bedsheets to protect sensitive flowers and vegetables. But does covering plants with sheets ...

Gardening expert George Irvine looks at some of the flowers, fruit and vegetables you can plant now to add colour and variety to your garden ...

Just when Houston gardeners thought it was safe to venture out into the landscape, Mother Nature, who we suspect is actually ...

Add 3 inches of moistened seed-starting mix to shallow containers or the bottom halves of jugs. Avoid using garden soil, ...

Get ready for spring gardening in Southwest Louisiana with expert tips on starting seeds indoors and choosing the right cool-season vegetables like lettuce, kale, and broccoli.

Sowing seeds, feeding, mulching and pruning are high on the agenda in February – it's a prime time to prepare the garden for spring and summer.

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This is especially important for seedlings like tomatoes, which won’t be planted outside right away and will spend a considerable amount of time in a pot. Speaking of ... you with some ideas for ...

Learn to start growing herbs in pots for beginners. These simple container vegetable garden layout and setup ... food crops — from arugula to tomatoes — is to grow them up close in containers.

If a deck or balcony is the only space where you can grow, go crazy with containers ... While my official goal was container-grown tomatoes, my unofficial one was to avoid becoming human gazpacho ...