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Make sowing flowers your new winter ritual.

Potatoes are as easy to grow as they are to cook—and to eat! Potatoes aren't just comfort foods—they're comfort crops. Each step—from planting, to tending, to unearthing, to roasting, and...

Are you looking to maximize your garden space and yield? Try Square Foot Gardening, a straightforward method for turning your garden beds into a grid for simple spacing.

Plan at least a week in advance to "harden off" indoor-grown seedlings before setting them into the still-cold earth.

The earth is warming, soon. Seedlings are eager to sink their bound roots into the universe of the garden.

True stars of the cutting garden, Dahlias come in myriad shapes, colors, and sizes with more than 57,000 cultivars. Their incredible diversity is due, in part, to chromosomes: Dahlias are genetic...

How to Grow Poppies from Seed Poppies (Papaveraceae) are stunningly beautiful herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants. The flowers are showy, with usually four crêpe-like, crinkled petals surrounding a central...

This month: Plant garlic and fall-planted bulbs, prepare for frost, and boost soil fertility. Plus, other seeds to sow in October!

Bounty and demise intermingle—and there is still more sowing to do!

A few quick and easy ways to process your herb harvest.

Make the most of this month while preparing for fall.