It might seem tempting to take advantage of the free dirt sitting in your backyard and use it for your pots or garden beds. This is actually an amateur mistake -- this dirt can cause more harm ...

Visit any garden center, grocery store or farmers’ market this time of year and you’ll be tempted with all kinds of herbs and ...

Do your vegetables taste bland ... a healthy amount of organic matter in soil is what organic farming is all about. "If you have good organic matter, high enough organic matter, in the soil ...

Gardens with color may encourage children to want to garden and even eat their vegetables. Take a carrot, for example. Yellow carrots have a high concentration of lutein, a yellow to pale green ...

They may not be the prettiest vegetables on the market but do not dismiss root vegetables by their looks. Root vegetables are a storehouse of nutrients and are widely available at a low cost in ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: About the only space I have to garden is on the south side of the house. Is this too hot for vegetables? — Jim, Indianapolis Dear Reader: Vegetables need lots of sunshine and well ...