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!

Growing chile peppers from seed, a wooden windowsill holds trays with young seedlings in pressed soil pallets, while a man's hand places a sign with the seed name.

Vegetables

How to Grow Chile Peppers From Seed

One chile pepper seed can create dozens of chiles—the plants are prolific producers. They’re also easy to start from seeds! Learn how and when to start chile plants with longtime pepper grower Jerad Bryant. These nine simple steps guide you from start to finish.

Close-up of a freshly picked bunch of radishes with bright pink, rounded roots held by a gardener above a raised bed, a great option fot sowing hardy vegetables.

Vegetables

11 Hardy Vegetables to Sow Indoors in January

It may seem like the middle of the winter, but many slow-growing crops benefit from a headstart indoors to prepare for spring. Join former organic farmer and garden expert Logan Hailey to explore 11 hardy vegetables to sow indoors this month.

Vegetable garden layout plan featuring above-ground and raised beds, showcasing a variety of crops such as beets, lettuce, corn, celery, radishes, dill, potatoes, and more.

Vegetables

11 Vegetable Garden Layout Plans to Try This Year

As we dream up our spring gardens this season, it’s a great time to evaluate and create the layout plan. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores inspirations for designing our vegetable gardens now to get going with the growing season in sight.

Close-up of winter sow vegetables in a plastic bottle filled with moist soil, showcasing kale seedlings with rounded, slightly wavy green leaves.

Vegetables

13 Vegetables You Can Winter Sow

If you haven't done your winter sowing, there is still time. January and February are great months for getting those cold-weather crops started. Here are some of the veggies you can start while you're waiting for the spring planting season.

A cluster of long, green chili peppers hanging from vibrant green stems with pointed leaves, growing in soil.

Vegetables

11 Vegetables to Plant in 2025

New vegetable varieties tantalize the senses with exquisite colors, bold flavors, and sensual textures. I’m not saying to get rid of your favorite heirlooms! Consider trying a new cultivar alongside your existing favorites. Who knows—the new kind may grow into your favorite vegetable!

A woman's hand picking ripe, orange clementines from slender branches with glossy, dark green leaves in a sunny garden.

Fruits

How and When to Pick Clementine Fruit

Clementines offer a sweet, on-the-go burst of fresh citrus. The small fruits are durable in the home garden, making a fresh harvest that much sweeter. With a long ripening season, a few keys help determine peak readiness. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores how to select clementines for optimal flavor and juiciness.

Rows of green pepper plants with broad, shiny leaves growing alongside compact heads of light-green lettuce with tightly packed leaves.

Edible

12 Crops We’re Planting in 2025

Spice up your garden with unique and diverse crops for a new season of growth! Garden expert Logan Hailey has twelve intriguing varieties of flowers, vegetables, grains, and herbs worth trying out in 2025.

Branches with slender, woody stems, dark green lance-shaped leaves, and vibrant orange-red fruits with leathery skin, making it an easy fruit tree to grow.

Fruits

9 Easy and Low-Maintenance Fruit Trees for Your Backyard

Fruit trees are both beautiful landscape elements and practical sources of delicious food! If you're worried about the upkeep, there are some wonderful trees that are easy to care for. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares nine fruit trees that are low-maintenance to plant in your garden.

A collection of green leaves, including parsley and chives, growing in brown paper-covered pots on a windowsill.

Edible

35 Healthy Edible Plants to Grow Indoors In Winter

It’s cold outside, but that doesn’t mean you can’t grow edible, healthy plants indoors! Indoor growing allows you to cultivate delicious leafy greens and sensational herbs for culinary use. Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares these 35 healthy edible plants you can grow indoors this winter.