Gardener's Greenroom

Choosing a favorite cucumber variety is like choosing a favorite shade of green (hint, they’re all good). Our cucumber varieties are all good choices, and each for different reasons.  It’s easy to love a cucumber that grows well for you,...

Nothing makes a gardener feel like they know what they're doing quite as much as beautiful, plump heads of cabbage nestled in the center of vibrant, lush, huge-leaved cabbage plants. Unfortunately, cabbage sometimes fails to head, and getting those perfect...

Leeks aren't at the top of most gardeners' lists, but they should be. Space-efficient, low-maintenance, and with wonderful flavor, leeks are perfect for home gardeners. Learn to grow them, and you'll have leeks for tasty recipes like the traditional potato-leek...

Weeding. Ugh, right? Many of us view it with dread. Maybe we were tortured with it as a child when all we wanted to do was jump on our bikes and play with the other kids or go to the...

Growing carrots in traditional garden beds gives some gardeners fits. They can be tricky to germinate and don't transplant well. But, once you get it down pat, the joy of a fresh, crisp carrot straight from the garden will convince...

Succession planting helps you efficiently use limited garden space, prolong your harvest, and spread out the workload. It’s an ideal harvest-extending method for crops, whether flowers or vegetables, that mature in short timeframes or produce one big flush and quit. ...

Sweet corn is the taste of summer and a popular crop with home gardeners. Growing popcorn, dent corn, and flint corn at home is gaining steam too. But many people struggle with getting their corn to produce fully stocked ears....

Anyone can decorate a cake with frosting (well, maybe not me but I’m sure other people can). But, using edible flowers for color and design? That's next level. Edible flowers aren't limited to garnish. Whether as a main ingredient in...

Whether you purchased young plants at a garden center or started them yourself from seed, eventually, they'll need to be transplanted.  Don't take them straight from the house and stick them in the ground. There are a few steps to...