Nothing beats the flavor of fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes. Keep them close at hand by growing one or more in containers on your patio, balcony or front steps. If gardening space is limited, grow ...

Tomatoes are one of the most popular fruit and vegetables to grow at home but if you have a small outdoor space the only way you can do it is in pots and containers. While growing tomatoes in pots isn ...

Two Defector gardeners are here to update you with our accomplishments and failures.  Kelsey’s Garden Update This year, I ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Tim Heffernan Tim Heffernan is a home improvement writer who aspires to grow a ...

Need help starting a pollinator garden? A Council Bluffs woman is doing that job for free this summer. There’s nothing I love more than plucking and eating a fresh tomato right out of my garden. Last ...

The heat of summer has arrived with farmers markets and home gardens filling up with delicious vegetables and fruit. Think it’s too late to start your own garden even if you only have a patio or deck ...

Determinate tomatoes grow to a fixed size, produce fruit all at once, and are ideal for canning and compact spaces like containers. Indeterminate tomatoes grow continuously, need strong support, and ...

Some of our onions have bolted too early and the bulbs have stopped growing. What should I do to prevent this? Onion bulbs do stop growing once it has "bolted" (set seed), so it is good to deadhead ...