It's almost impossible to get a great tomato in the dead of winter—unless, that is, you grow your own indoors. This year I'm ...

Borage, though an annual plant, is wildly successful at self-seeding. Many volunteer borage plants have popped up in my yard ...

Wild cucumber vine: This native but weedy plant always attracts attention when it begins blooming along the roadsides. Since ...

Nubbly, bubbly, and slightly homely, some gourds aren’t good to eat but make perfect seasonal decorations for autumn ...

Incorporating a wide range of fruits and vegetables in your daily meals is highly recommended by nutrition experts. Many ...

Summer is a great time to grow a variety of plants in your garden. Plants can thrive and produce a bountiful harvest with ...

Many gardeners are still harvesting cucumbers and tomatoes or gearing up to plant some colorful mums. Now is also the time to ...

Growing plants in containers is great if you have limited space and/or crummy soil, but the downside is that you have to be ...

Be careful not to over fertilize or the plants will produce more vines and less flowers and fruit. A constant supply of soil ...

As they cultivate gardens, seniors in Sacramento find a renewed sense of purpose. Sharon Chandler is one such senior who ...

This work provides a simple and efficient method for the selection and breeding of salt-tolerant varieties of cucumber. 1. The seed germination phenotype acquisition system was equipped with the ...