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Easy-to-Grow Garden Tomatoes

Easy-to-Grow Garden Tomatoes

Fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) are a seasonal delicacy every gardener should try to grow at home. Thirty-five years of tomat...

Spring Flowering Trees with Edible Fruit

Sometimes in our home yards and gardens, we plant primarily for ornamental purposes, but perhaps we overlook the fact that […]

The Cult of Extreme Heat: Raising the Hottest Peppers

Hot peppers have a cult following. Those that eat, hybridize, and grow the hottest peppers in the world are all […]

Five Ways to Maximize Small-Space Vegetable Gardens

Vegetable gardening is on the rise. Gardeners of all experience levels and backgrounds are growing their own food, whether they […]

The Hippest Roses with Colorful Hips

Generally, when gardeners purchase roses, they think of flower color, fragrance, disease resistance, and the overall beauty of the plant. […]

Bountiful Fall Berries for Gardens

As a child, we had golden raspberries in our woods in southern Indiana. Each fall, as I passed them in […]