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 ...

Mr. Buckner, a neighbor in our Ninth Ward New Orleans neighborhood, planted vegetables in his backyard. The Buckners, who had no children, taught me, my sister and Freddie who lived next door how to ...

If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what's local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don't travel as far. It doesn't ...

Mushroom compost is made from spent mushroom farming substrate. It's now widely available, and there are lots of reasons you should use it on your veggie patch.

While spacious outdoor gardens produce larger harvests, you don't need a sizable garden bed to grow healthy vegetables in a ...

Fruits and vegetables need plenty of nutrients and water to thrive in a garden. California native plants prefer unamended soils and need little water once they’re established. Separation is the key to ...

Vegetables picked over a seven—or eight-month period not only decrease the amount of preserving necessary but also provide a continuous source of fresh vegetables for the family table. In planning ...

If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what's local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don't travel as far. It doesn't ...