This summer, approximately 44% of families plan to grow at least some of their food in a home garden. As food prices continue ...

As the warm weather arrives, the urge for summer recipes comes with it, and there's no better ingredient to use than basil from your own garden!

Members of Boys & Girls Club of Greater Dubuque recently started their garden beds for this year — and planted the seeds for ...

To get the best-tasting tomatoes this summer, I decided to plant them next to a well-known herb I've recently transplanted in ...

It’s safest to plant tender tropicals in your Northwest garden once night temperatures are reliably in the mid 50s.

Known as companion plants, when grown close together, tomatoes and this herb will benefit each other in many ways. Some even ...

If your tomato plants seem stunted and aren’t producing fruit, it can stem from poor soil conditions. Dobbs says that poor ...

Oleanders tend to drop leaves in spring/early summer. So, what you are seeing is normal loss of the older leaves. There is no ...

Companion planting is a natural gardening technique that pairs plants that work well together, and help each other grow. Here ...

Planning your garden includes considering the benefits the plants offer. Plant basil next to your zucchini for an improved ...

Basil can deter several pests from tomato plants, including aphids, tomato hornworms, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and thrips. It ...