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!

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Fruits

7 Causes of Dry Lime Fruit

Limes offer the zesty dose of vitamins we appreciate any time of year, especially in the cool season as they ripen. If your’s aren’t bringing the juice, key cultural reasons are the likely culprits. Join garden expert Katherine Rowe in how to remedy dry limes for a rewarding squirt-in-the-eye harvest.

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Fruits

How and When to Harvest Limes

Citrus trees offer incredible benefits for home gardeners. Buy a lime tree today and you’ll cultivate it for years! Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant to learn when and how to harvest ripe limes, as well as how to store them long-term.

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Edible

11 Best Mushroom Growing Supplies for Home Growers

Mushroom lovers should try growing at home! It’s rewarding to see your hard work and cultivation result in dozens of delicious mushrooms. Join naturalist Jerad Bryant in discovering these eleven indispensable tools for cultivating fungi at home.

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Fruits

7 Reasons Your Lime Tree Isn’t Setting Fruit

When you plant a lime tree, you probably imagine harvesting tart and juicy fruits. Therefore, it’s frustrating when your tree remains fruitless. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn a few reasons why your tree may be lacking fruit and how to remedy the problem.

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Fruits

Why Your Lemon Tree is Dropping Flowers: 9 Causes and Cures

Lemon trees are must-have fruit trees! They’re great options for gardeners who want fresh lemons throughout the winter. Sometimes, lemon trees drop their blossoms instead of forming fruit. Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant in curing these nine causes of premature blossom drop.

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Fruits

When and How to Harvest Lemons

If you've decided to plant a lemon tree and want information on growing a bountiful harvest, here's everything you need to know about picking the delicious fruits. Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss to talk about this tart and tangy citrus that makes a wonderful addition to the landscape and a great patio tree.

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Fruits

9 Citrus Tree Pests to Watch For This Season

Citrus trees offer delicious fruit, bright winter foliage, and perfume-like aromatic flowers. As fun as they are to grow, they have a few pesky predators to look out for. In this article, gardening expert Matt Dursum covers the most common citrus tree pests that could harm your citrus trees this season.

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Edible

6 Best Mushroom Growing Kits for Home Growers

Expand your garden into the fungal realm with mushroom grow kits that produce right on your counter or in your closet. Join garden expert and mycology enthusiast Logan Hailey to learn the best mushroom grow kits for home gardeners.

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Fruits

Don’t Make These 7 Citrus Tree-Growing Mistakes

Whether growing outside in a warm, frost-free climate or nurtured indoors in colder growing zones, citrus trees reward us with their bright fruits, especially sweet in winter. Explore how to best support thriving citrus trees by avoiding common mistakes with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

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Herbs

9 Ways to Keep Your Herbs Alive All Winter

Fresh and dried herbs are soothing throughout winter in savory cuisine, warming teas, emollient salves, and refreshing home fragrances. To protect our favorites and perpetuate all the benefits they bring, extra winter care may be in order. Explore how to best overwinter herbs with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.