Tomatoes are one of the most common plants in the home garden. Learn how to tell if your tomatoes are done for the season and ...

Plant cabbage six to eight weeks before your first frost to give it time to mature in cooler temps for sweeter heads. Keep soil moist, fertilize biweekly, and watch for pests like aphids or worms to ...

The post How to Tell Your Garlic is Ready to Harvest is by Jerad Bryant and appeared first on Epic Gardening, the best urban gardening, hydroponic gardening, and aquaponic gardening blog. Garlic is ...

It’s time — or getting to be time — for us gardeners to reap what we’ve sown. Although it’s fairly evident when some edibles, like tomatoes, are ripe for the picking (uniform red, yellow or orange ...

It's time — or getting to be time — for us gardeners to reap what we've sown. Although it's fairly evident when some edibles, like tomatoes, are ripe for the picking (uniform red, yellow or orange ...

August means summer’s ending, but garden tasks continue. Here are the plants you should deadhead this month if you want a longer bloom season. Marigolds bloom nonstop if you deadhead faded flowers.

Butternut squash is ready to harvest when the skin turns from green to a deep beige. The rind will be hard—if you press your fingernail into the squash, it shouldn't leave a mark. Vines will be dying ...

There's no denying that chrysanthemums are the flower of fall. But they don't have to stand alone, these annuals were meant ...

How 'bout them apples? Michigan's lush and plentiful apple season is getting underway. And what's unique about Michigan apples is the wide variety with different flavor profiles available, from sweet ...

Forget tapping! This article unveils five reliable methods for selecting ripe watermelons, moving beyond traditional, inconsistent techniques. Focusing on visual and tactile cues like stripe width, ...