“Coco de Boheme pole bean (75 days shell, or 100 days dry) is a French heirloom dry bean whose vining plants grow about ...

Move hardy salads into the greenhouse for leafy pickings through to spring. Plant salad plugs into large containers or trays – a depth of 15cm is enough for hardy lettuces, cut-and-come-again salad ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Some seeds have hard outer shells that slow or prevent water absorption. Soaking or scarifying (scratching or nicking the seed coat) helps speed up germination and improves ...

The days are getting longer and there’s a hint of spring in the air, so it's time to get outdoors ...

In Portland, a city that helped jumpstart the locavore movement, a tight network of growers, greengrocers and foodies has created a thriving market for winter produce.

Worried about rising food costs? Discover how switching to a plant-based diet can significantly reduce your grocery expenses ...

A guide to 7 vegetables to plant in February in a cold frame or beneath cloches for the first homegrown harvests of the year, ...

Gardeners, here's a peck of suggestions for learning opportunities and yard activities you should add to your February calendar.

Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without affecting the following year’s two crops. The first crop starts to grow in ...

A December 1989 cold front devastated swaths of Florida’s agricultural fields growing vegetables, strawberries, plants and ...

Plus the simple, high-protein salad recipe that gets better in the fridge and works all week ...

YOU might think there is very little to do in a ­winter garden, be­sides sweeping up soggy leaves and mulching your beds. But don’t be fooled — now is the perfect time to sharpen those loppers and ...