I've been growing tomatoes for more decades than I care to admit. It's a family thing, passed down on our homestead in Vermont over generations. In addition to my hand-me-down agriculture lessons ...

Arms planting a tomato seeding in the garden. - Stock Rocket/Shutterstock Whether you got your garden off to a late start or are just hoping to multiply your harvest, you might find yourself wondering ...

Are we there yet? Like eager kids, gardeners have been asking local nurseries for starts of favorite tropicals since March. Where’s the basil? Why don’t you have any tomato plants? Ironically, these ...

Every gardener has likely had a fail of some sort when growing tomatoes. These abundant growing vegetables (or fruit?) produce at such rapid speeds that planting them too close together is asking for ...

There’s lots of planting to be done in our vegetable gardens this month. The late summer/fall vegetable garden includes plantings of both warm-season vegetables (many of the same ones we planted in ...

My redbud tree seems to be having problems, only half has bloomed this year, the other half is losing bark and has some dead-looking branches. I also see woodpeckers on the damaged parts. What is ...