Gardening
How to grow what you plant — starting seeds, tending beds, and keeping plants healthy from spring’s first sowing to fall cleanup.
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Gifts for Vegetable Gardeners Under $50
Fifty dollars buys a real garden tool, not a token one. Here are six gifts that earn their keep for under the line.
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Best Gifts for Vegetable Gardeners
The trowel drawer is already full. These are the gifts a vegetable gardener will actually reach for, from kneelers to harvest baskets.
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Edible Flowers: Which Parts to Eat and Which to Skip
You picked a bloom off the plant and now you are holding it over the salad bowl, wondering if this was a good idea.
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Growing Nasturtiums and Calendula from Seed
By late spring the soil is warm enough for nasturtiums, and calendula is already asking for its second sowing.
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Best Edible Flowers to Grow from Seed
That salad needs one more thing — a peppery orange bloom you grew yourself, picked five minutes before dinner.
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Sunflowers for Cutting vs Oil vs Snacking: Which Type to Grow
Buy the wrong sunflower and you get a season of the wrong thing — one giant bloom when you wanted a vase full.
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Growing Sunflowers: Spacing, Staking, and Harvest
By the time your sunflowers are knee-high, the spacing decision is already made — and a 12-foot giant shades everything behind it.
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Best Sunflower Varieties to Grow from Seed
One tall stalk, one giant bloom — or a bushy plant covered in dozens? The sunflower you plant decides which summer you get.
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Overwintering Tender Herbs Indoors
Tender herbs don’t have to die with the first frost. Bring basil, rosemary, and friends indoors with this simple plan.
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Why Winter Squash Fail: Storage Rots and Fixes
You open the storage bin to a soft spot and a smell you didn’t expect — most squash rots start before harvest, and they’re fixable.
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When to Harvest and Cure Winter Squash
Frost is coming and your squash vines are fading — here’s how to tell when each fruit is ready and cure it for months.
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Best Winter Squash Varieties to Grow from Seed
You walk past the squash bin in November wondering which ones will still taste good in February — these five earn that pantry space.
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