Gardener's Greenroom

A warm cup of fragrant herbal tea on a cold day is nice, but even nicer when you are looking out the window at the garden where it grew.  Many of our favorite herbal tea ingredients are quite easily grown,...

There’s nothing better than opening a jar of homemade tomato sauce, salsa, or stewed tomatoes in the middle of winter and getting that fresh-from-the-garden flavor all over again. If you’re planning to preserve part of your harvest, choosing the right...

Hardening off is the process of taking tender young seedlings and making them rough and tough to survive outside, without losing them to stress and shock. Harsh afternoon sun, pelting rains, wind, dry spells, and temperature swings can all cause...

We gardeners love to give advice, and that seems to go double when talking about remedies for common problems. But the remedies and ideas you hear aren’t always based in sound horticultural science. You’ve probably heard some of these myths...

Our Recipe of the Month for August celebrates one of the season's greatest rewards: an overflowing summer harvest. With tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, basil, and herbs reaching their peak, there's no better time to enjoy recipes that let fresh garden ingredients...

As summer winds down, your gardening season doesn't have to. In fact, many gardeners consider fall the best time to grow vegetables. Cooler temperatures, fewer insect pests, and consistent soil moisture create ideal conditions for producing crisp greens, sweet root...

There’s more to a growing season than just the number of days between spring and autumn frost dates. More than just the hours of sunlight and the soil affect your plants’ growth. The amount of heat your garden receives or...

Starting seeds indoors but not sure what to fill the pots with? With hundreds of products on the market and some, unfortunately, inconsistent labeling, choosing the right material for sowing seeds can be confusing. For the best results, seed starting...

Kids might not be excited about the bitter crispness of an arugula leaf, but they love a fat, sassy sunflower. Anyone can get frustrated with a row of parsnips that doesn’t germinate, but to keep kids interested in the garden,...