Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) is a popular type of summer squash that is considered easy to grow in home gardens. Still, having a productive zucchini plant depends on proper growing techniques. There are ...

Late July and August is a period of unease for the friends and family of vegetable growers. I know this because, as an avid gardener myself, I won’t let you leave my house in late summer without a ...

Skip the fussy zucchini — this flavorful alternative cooks up nicely, shrugs off disease, and might just earn a permanent spot in your garden (and skillet).

Perennial crops put food on the table year after year. It is a joy to gather kale from the kitchen garden, to cut the first ...

Discover how growing your own garden can save money, enhance grocery budgets, and yield fresh, organic produce with minimal investment. Cost-effective gardening tips included.

The volunteer pickers swear the zucchini was hiding from them beneath its many leaves, but when my friend Cathy returned from a week away, one of the zucchinis in her garden was nearly the size of a ...

A successful vegetable garden should not only contain vegetables. It should be a diverse planting scheme, or polyculture, that also includes herbs and a range of flowers. In an organic garden, ...