Perhaps the hardest thing about sowing tiny seeds in the soil is the thinning process after germination. If carrots, lettuce greens, broccoli and the like are not spaced out enough, the harvest will ...

Our berry-by-berry guide includes peak picking times, storage tips and creative ways to use strawberries, raspberries, ...

Garden design is a matter of working with a space and creating a balance of flow and drama. Here are examples of a variety of ...

Fresh food always tastes better when it comes straight from the soil, and a home garden brings that experience right to the ...

Roses, rhododendrons, azaleas all should be deadheaded weekly this month. Thinning fruit from apple and pear trees is best done this month as well.

Long before I went to culinary school, I fell in love with Julia Child and her inspirational TV show that debuted a year before I graduated from high school. During that time, my school counselor had ...

WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW IT GREEN. WE’RE AT FARM TO UNH, A LEARNING FARM FOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY. AND I’M TALKING WITH SEAN O’BRIEN. AND TODAY WE’RE ...

Broad or FAVA beans are a hardy vegetable which tolerate some frost. In my garden, zone 8 climate with average winter lows of -6 to -8C/20F, broad beans get their roots down in autumn and sit quietly ...

Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie is urging farmers to pay close attention to soil conditions and local weather forecasts as planting accelerates across the Midwest. Ferrie and his team at Crop ...

Farmers were able to substantially increase the amount of corn and beans planted in the last week. The U.S.D.A. report shows corn went from 2% planted to 22%, and beans went from 1% to 11%. Iowa Ag ...

The city has long been a beacon of opportunity, where folks flock to make it big. But metropolises the world over are wasting a major opportunity — many, many square feet of it: Flat rooftops are ...

A few years ago, at a library seed exchange, I came across a small cellophane packet with a few Yellow Eye dry shelling beans. Primarily cream in color, they had a rich ochre splotch on the side with ...