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!

Pepper seedlings in a raised bed display delicate stems with smooth, oval-shaped leaves growing in pairs along the stem, highlighting the significance of adequate pepper spacing for optimal growth and airflow between plants.

Vegetables

How Far Apart Should You Space Pepper Plants?

Planting a garden full of peppers? You may be wondering how many you can fit in one space. Pepper plants need a bit of space to thrive and grow fruit. Read on alongside pepper grower Jerad Bryant and learn how much legroom they need.

A wooden raised bed contains vibrant pepper plants with lush foliage, showcasing healthy growth in a garden setting.

Vegetables

How to Grow Peppers in Raised Beds for an Abundant Harvest

Rainbows of peppers could be just months away if you plant them in raised beds in late spring. This warm-weather crop thrives with well-drained soil, full sun, and some secret maintenance tips that will multiply your harvests. Former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains how to grow abundant peppers in a raised garden bed.

A cluster of green and brown tomatoes dangle from a vine, surrounded by leaves in the blurred background.

Vegetables

7 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Vine Ripen Your Tomatoes

Everyone thinks that tomatoes must be vine-ripened to taste the best, but plucking them before peak redness can actually yield better quality fruits. Garden expert Logan Hailey explains why you shouldn’t vine-ripen your tomatoes and how to find the “sweet spot” for harvest timing.

Close-up of a raised bed with young potato seedlings showing thick, erect stems with broad, pinnate leaves that are dark green and deeply lobed.

Edible

9 Tips for Growing Loads of Potatoes in Raised Beds

This staple crop has far more to offer than plain old grocery store spuds. You can grow a tremendous diversity and massive quantity of potatoes in your raised beds as long as you remember these nine tips from garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey.

The shishito pepper plant features slender, wrinkled green peppers hanging from lush, bushy foliage with broad, glossy green leaves.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Shishito Peppers

Mild, wrinkled, and incredibly flavorful, ‘Shishito’ peppers are growing into mainstays of American cuisine. One specimen produces dozens of wrinkly chile peppers on a compact plant, making it a perfect choice for gardens big and small. Learn how to nurture this variety alongside seasoned pepper gardener Jerad Bryant.

Dry red hot peppers with wrinkled bodies stored in a glass jar for long-term preservation.

Vegetables

How to Dry and Store Hot Peppers

Hot peppers grow dozens of fruit per plant! Preserve those excess harvests with these tried and true preservation methods. Follow along with pepper gardener Jerad Bryant to learn how to best dry and store hot peppers.

Bright yellow lemon fruits hanging from the plant, framed by lush, deep green leaves.

Fruits

15 Fruit Trees That Thrive in Florida Gardens

If you’re a Florida gardener looking to plant some fruit trees in your yard, we have some great trees to tell you about. In this article, Florida gardener Melissa Strauss shares 15 trees that produce delicious fruit for your southern garden.

A hanging woven pot overflowing with lush tomato plants bearing both ripe, red fruits and green, unripe ones.

Vegetables

10 Best Tomatoes to Grow in Hanging Baskets

Add an edible twist to your hanging planters with a cascade of sweet snacks that can hang right outside of your doorstep. In the article, garden expert Logan Hailey details the best tomato varieties to grow in hanging baskets.

A close-up of green 'Anaheim' peppers with glossy skin reflecting light.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Anaheim Peppers

‘Anaheim’ peppers are slightly spicy, flavorful, and perfect for the backyard garden. You’ll have fruit all summer when you plant one in the ground, a raised bed, or a container. In this guide, learn how to grow productive ‘Anaheim’ peppers alongside gardener Jerad Bryant.