Learn how to grow cucumbers in pots for a patio-side harvest of garden-fresh salad toppers. Whether you grow cucumbers in pots or in a garden bed, they're among the easiest vegetables to raise. The ...

A trellis or tripod is helpful when growing cucumbers in a pot. Build a simple trellis by sinking three bamboo poles into the potting soil and tying them together at the top with garden twine. Train ...

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 ...

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

Ann Bailey was ready to give up on her garden when rains shut off this summer, but her husband kept watering. Now she's ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. We have received some much needed rain over the past few days here in the Valley ...

The number one consideration to successfully grow plants vertically is support. Besides size and lighting requirements, ...

Gourd is the common name for a group of vining plants in the cucurbit family, which includes other plants such as squashes, ...

The best results in preserving come when fruits, herbs and vegetables are harvested at their peak. Toss or compost any that ...

Fresh dandelion greens, flowers, and roots are all suitable for guinea pigs to eat, in moderation. The pulpy roots can be fed ...

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice about gardening in Florida including dollarweed, tomatoes, basketgrass, avocado trees ...

Magnolia trees are some of the earliest-blooming flowering trees and shrubs each year. Most produce large, cup-shaped white, ...