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!

A shot of green and red colored fruits that shows how to ripen tomatoes

Vegetables

How to Ripen Green Tomatoes Quickly Indoors

Knowing how to ripen tomatoes properly is essential to getting the most from your harvest. If you've usually got stacks of green tomatoes at the end of the season, you're in the right place. Epic Gardening founder Kevin Espiritu explains how to get perfectly-ripe ones indoors!

Red Amaranth microgreens.

Microgreens

How to Grow Amaranth Microgreens in 5 Easy Steps

Amaranth is one of the most visually striking microgreens you can grow. Its translucent violet color pops on the plate and makes an amazing addition to almost any dish. In just ten days, you can harvest some juicy microgreens by following these easy steps from Kevin Espiritu.

Benefits of Mint

Herbs

9 Surprising Health Benefits of Mint

Looking for natural relief for allergies, headaches, nausea, or other health conditions? Mint is here to help. Kevin Espiritu explains nine health benefits of mint, backed by science.

Bundles of vivid green vanilla beans still dangling from the plant with beautiful leaves and a lawn in the background

Edible

Where Do Vanilla Beans Come From?

Vanilla is an essential ingredient in baking, but do you know where the delicious vanilla beans come from? Kevin Espiritu explains the fascinating history and cultivation of vanilla beans and the plant they come from.