I would love it if every resident grew at least one thing they could eat, even residents who don’t have a yard. It is easy to grow herbs and vegetable plants in containers. We are in the middle of our ...

I would love it if every Brevard resident grew at least one thing they could eat, even those who don’t have a yard. It is easy to grow herbs and some vegetable plants in containers. We are at the ...

Swiss chard tolerates warm and even hot weather, and its leaves can easily grow 14 to 18 inches tall. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick) Among the cool-season vegetables we grow from October to early June, Swiss ...

Dreaming of a garden but short on outdoor space? Or perhaps you’re tired of battling unpredictable weather and pesky garden ...

Greens were long the ugly stepchildren of the edible garden. Today, however, they are the “must have” plants. Everyone, it seems, wants to grow chard, kale, lettuce and other greens. Growing them ...

Your Fall Garden Superstars Fall is spinach's season. Spring-planted spinach bolts.Fall spinach thrives. Swiss chard remains ...

Recently, I was cleaning up my email inbox from a busy summer and ran across an article from the National Garden Bureau I had ...

Growing vegetables is a completely satisfying experience, and those homegrown crops will always surpass any bagged or plastic-wrapped produce you find in grocery stores. Even if you have a smaller ...

IT’S the fifth meeting of the Underwings Garden Club at Dolores Mission School in Boyle Heights. Children sow and transplant vegetables, herbs and flowers into six new raised beds, heeding the advice ...

Because I work nights, my husband and son have taken over the lawn. In the end, that’s a good thing. But I’ve been feeling disenfranchised. So I wondered what could I do to spread my touch on the ...

GRACE HENSLEY IS a garden coach specializing in container design (Fashionplants.com). Hensley knows the power of planting and styling an entry (or a patio, or balcony, or pool deck) to create a ...