Edible

Learn all about edible gardening to improve your health, save on groceries, and reconnect with nature. Our detailed guides show you how to grow food!

Healthy tomato plant with ripe red fruits growing abundantly in a hanging woven pot.

Vegetables

11 Vegetables That Look Great in Hanging Baskets

Growing vegetables in hanging baskets not only expands the bounty, but it also adds vertical interest, ornamenting the view with the surprise of multitasking selections. Join gardener Katherine Rowe in exploring top-performing crops for hanging baskets to broaden the harvest and the display.

Various pots and containers overflow with vibrant vegetable combinations—containers filled with tomatoes, lettuce, mint, parsley, and other herbs and greens growing in rich soil.

Vegetables

9 Vegetable Combinations That Grow Well Together in Containers

With companion plants and compatible pairings, the vegetable harvest goes all season. Containers are no exception, given the right sizing and plant selection. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores top vegetable combinations to grow in pots for versatile additions to the garden and culinary endeavors.

ripe Rubus fruticosus x idaeus hanging from thorny green stems

Fruits

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Tayberries

Are you looking for seriously delicious berries to grow this year? If so, try planting tayberries for their bountiful harvests and easy-to-maintain nature. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for tayberries.

Solanum lycopersicum with small red fruits growing in bunches on leafy green vines.

Vegetables

11 Dwarf Tomato Varieties You Can Grow Anywhere

Tomatoes embody the signature flavor of summer and are versatile in the kitchen. With dwarf varieties, they’re versatile in the edible landscape, too. From hanging baskets and pots to raised beds and small spaces, compact selections are a fit. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines top-performing dwarf tomatoes to tuck in anywhere without compromising yield or flavor.

A gardener harvests big crops of bright red bell peppers growing in a small space in a sunny garden.

Edible

Our Favorite Crops That Produce A Big Harvest in Small Spaces

Even if we’re short on space, we don’t have to be short on fresh vegetables. By getting creative with growing in small spaces and selecting highly productive crops with compact forms, we can harvest all season. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores top-performing vegetables for a big yield, no matter the scale.

The balcony is lined with terracotta pots and containers of edible plants including cherry tomatoes, tangerine tree and purple basil.

Edible

Our 19 Favorite Edible Plants to Grow in Pots and Containers

With so many productive, nutritious, and flavorful selections to grow in pots and containers, the happy challenge becomes narrowing them down. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe reviews top-performing edible plants to grow in containers for robust harvests and ease of care throughout the growing season.

Slices and halves of various ripe melon varieties reveal smooth flesh in shades of green, yellow, and pink, contrasting with thin bright yellow and thick dark green skins on a wooden table.

Fruits

9 Sweet and Flavorful Melon Varieties to Grow in the Home Garden

With spring’s warming temperatures comes the melon-growing season and the sweet aroma and flavor unmatched in homegrown varieties. Sowing seeds now, we can enjoy them after a long growing season at peak ripeness—sugary, juicy, and refreshing. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in growing the sweetest, most flavorful melon varieties this season.

productive high yield red chili peppers

Vegetables

11 Vegetables So Productive You Should Only Grow One Plant

Productive vegetables fill your garden with delicious, nutritious, and abundant harvests! Whether you love leafy greens, squash, or unique perennials, there are options on this list for every gardener. Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant in discovering the 11 most overproductive veggies.

The wooden raised bed contains crops that don't mind overcrowding, green onions that form tufts of vertical, narrow, hollow green leaves and white bases.

Edible

11 Crops That Don’t Mind Overcrowding

Small gardens can produce immense harvests! You simply have to ignore the spacing requirements on seed packets. Pack those vegetables tightly, and watch your garden burst at the seams with produce. Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares 11 crops that are perfect for overcrowding.