Try Your Hand at Winter Sowing to Gain a Jump on the Season
It’s time to start thinking about spring planting, and I’m getting a jump on the season by sowing many of my cool-weather crops in the winter.
Listen | Gardening BasicsFinding Disease Resistance for Favorite Flower Varieties
When planning the vegetable garden, many of us look for disease-resistant varieties to avoid blight, mildew, and bacterial infections. But what about your flowers?
Listen | Flower GardeningNew Organic Vegetable Gardening Book
If gaining a deeper understanding of organic vegetable gardening is on your to-do list for 2025, the American Horticultural Society has published the book for you. AHS has partnered with Cool Springs Press to produce the organization’s first new book in more than 20 years, and it’s called Essential Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening. ...
Listen | Edible GardeningEverleaf Lemon Basil
A new variety of basil called Everleaf Lemon is the winner of the National Garden Bureau’s (NGB) “Professional’s Choice” Green Thumb Award in the Edibles category. The Green Thumbs recognize new plant varieties and gardening products that, according the NGB, “meet rigorous criteria including uniqueness, innovation, problem-solving and overall appeal to gardeners. In Everleaf’s ...
Listen | Edible GardeningCrescent Too Circular Positive Planter Collection
With container gardening becoming more and more commonplace for folks growing vegetables, I thought I would tell you about a new line of award-winning containers that you might consider for the upcoming gardening season. The new collection of planters called the Crescent Too Circular Positive Planter Collection from Crescent Garden is the winner of ...
Listen | Edible GardeningThriller Squash
A new winterish squash variety called Thriller may be your new favorite fall décor item. And when it has finished its decorative duties, serve it up as a tasty side dish. Thriller, an F1 hybrid bred by the folks at Sakata Seed America, is one of just a handful of vegetable varieties that won a ...
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