Gardening

All about gardening - we have many in-depth guides about edibles, ornamentals, houseplants, and much more. We provide answers for your garden issues!

Freshly harvested crops for November planting, featuring white-bulbed onions, slender orange carrots with tapering roots, and long-stemmed reddish-purple beets.

Edible

What to Plant in November: Fall Crops We Love

It’s not too late to grow fall crops! November is a great month for planting seeds in mild climates, and perfect for overwintering vegetables in cold ones. Plant these fall crops for cool-season success no matter where you live in the U.S.

Shrubs and trees wrapped in cloth and burlap for frost protection, standing in a snow-covered winter garden.

Trees

How to Wrap Trees and Shrubs for Winter Protection

Wrapping your trees and shrubs can do a lot to protect and preserve them for winter. With a little planning ahead, your garden will survive the winter and come back better than ever in the spring. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss explains how to do it right.

Showing dragon fruit varieties, with many fruits placed in piles and separated by color having one side with yellow fruits and the other with pink fruits

Fruits

7 Best Dragon Fruit Varieties For the Home Garden

Growing dragon fruit brings a gardening adventure in sweet, colorful fruits, exotic nighttime flowers, and tropical cacti. The long-lived, sprawling cactus grows well in containers, raised beds, and in the ground, tempting with its juicy, ornamental fruits. From yellow to magenta, we’ve got dragon fruit varieties to brighten the home landscape with exotic appeal.

A step to prep garden winter shown by a woman covering a trimmed down shrub, appearing lovely as it is being placed under a white wrap

Vegetables

When and How to Prepare Your Garden Beds for Winter

To prepare the garden for winter, there are a few fall tasks that go a long way toward successful overwintering, improving soil health, and preserving habitat for pollinators and other garden inhabitants. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe highlights steps we can take now to set a strong foundation for resiliency come spring.

A dense cluster of purple cup-shaped blossoms with yellow-orange centers growing from flower bulbs in November.

Bulbs

15 Pretty Flower Bulbs You Can Plant in November

November is the prime time to get our favorite spring and summer-flowering bulbs in the ground. Easy to plant and grow, winnowing down the selection may be the biggest challenge! For a long flowering season that kicks off in late winter, we’ve got showy performers in form, color, and fragrance to grace the display as temperatures warm.

Thyme, chili pepper, and tomato plants with yellow cherry fruits grow from seeds in clay pots, forming a small indoor food forest.

Edible

11 Indoor Food Forest Seeds to Sow in November

Creating an indoor food forest is no simple task, but it has some excellent benefits. Choosing the right plants can make all the difference. Join houseplant enthusiast Melissa Strauss for ideas on what you can add to your indoor food forest.