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Phacelia up close

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Phacelia

As one of the best multifunctional flowering plants, phacelia is remarkably underused in the garden. Former organic farmer Logan Hailey digs into how you can cultivate this easygoing wildflower for pollinator paradise, weed suppression, cover cropping, and more!

A gardener uses a tin watering can to water the base of a large heirloom tomato plant.

Vegetables

How Much Water Do Tomato Plants Need?

Watering is the key to juicy tomatoes, but it’s also easy to get wrong, risking your end-of-season harvest. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains how much water your tomato plants need and tips on watering them correctly.

A large cold frame with an open top displays rows of neatly-arranged cold-hardy vegetables.

Vegetables

9 Tips for Growing Vegetables in a Cold Frame

Growing vegetables in a cold frame can help you extend the growing season, but it can also come with some unique challenges. Join vegetable farmer Briana Yablonski as she shares nine tips for growing healthy vegetables in a cold frame.

A man wearing black gardening gloves carefully teases out the root system of a canna lily bulb, exposing the intricate network of fine roots. Nearby sits a large brown pot, ready for planting.

Flowers

9 Tips for Storing Canna Lily Bulbs This Winter

Canna lilies are gorgeous tropical plants that wow in the garden. If you live in a cooler climate, you probably want to store your canna bulbs for the winter. Here are some tips to get your cannas through the cold weather to bloom again next year.

A variety of small terracotta pots house a collection of fall plants, accented with tiny green and yellow pumpkins.

Ornamental Gardens

27 Plants for Gorgeous Fall Containers

When cool weather hits, and we all want that cozy fall feel, it is time to switch up your planters. Whether you toss out your summer arrangements and start from scratch or just switch up a few plants, certified Master Gardener Laura Elsner walks you through 27 plants that will be perfect for your fall containers.

Full, bright green arugula sprouts from rich garden soil.

Vegetables

How and When to Harvest Arugula 

You’ve sown the seeds and nurtured your seedlings. Your arugula plants look great, but when do you harvest? Gardening expert Kelli Klein explains not only when to harvest your arugula but also how to keep the plants producing and creating future food.

Adorable viola blooms in purple, white, and yellow with black whiskers shine in the fall and early winter garden.

Flowers

31 Cold-Hardy Violas and Pansies For Your Garden

Violas bring cheery blooms to the frosty garden from fall through spring. Highlights of cool-season displays, violas, pansies, and violets add abundant flowers in full color to containers and garden beds. Garden expert Katherine Rowe highlights select varieties sure to bring a showstopping look to the seasons ahead.

Close up of a gardener's hand carefully selecting the weakest and smallest sprouts to thin from a row.

Gardening Tips

How to Thin Seedlings For A Productive Garden 

Have you ever wondered why you should thin your seedlings and what the best way is to do so? Which crops need to be thinned? Join gardening expert and organic farmer Jenna Rich as she goes through the hows, whens, and whys of thinning seedlings for healthy plants.