Plant cabbage six to eight weeks before your first frost to give it time to mature in cooler temps for sweeter heads. Keep soil moist, fertilize biweekly, and watch for pests like aphids or worms to ...

Growing vegetables is a completely satisfying experience, and those homegrown crops will always surpass any bagged or plastic-wrapped produce you find in grocery stores. Even if you have a smaller ...

When it comes to planting a vegetable garden, it pays to be a seed geek. Growing a garden from seed gives gardeners more options, helps ensure quality and saves money. Choosing what to plant can be ...

Ed Hume, the longtime king of Pacific Northwest gardening, recommends reading and follow the instructions on the back of the seed package. MCT The end of February is a curious time for Puget Sound ...

These eye-catching fall containers use hardy kale and cabbage to add bold color and texture for low-effort, high-impact porch decor. Bonus: They last well into spring.

The good news is that the daylight hours are getting longer, little by little, and in less than a month we’ll have sunlight for more than 10 hours each day, a magic figure for plant growth. Remember, ...

It’s OK to plant cabbage and other cole crops now outside in southern Idaho, and dream about a plant this big. MCT In this area we usually start to plant our vegetable gardens about St. Patrick’s Day ...