It can be hard to know how to start your backyard garden — how to tend to the fruits, vegetables, herbs and more. Beyond gloves or tools like trowels and shovels, one of the gardening gadgets you’re ...

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Q: The great debate - cage or stake the tomatoes? My immigrant Italian grandfather used a stake and old, cotton T-shirt pieces to keep his tomato plants up. His garden was spectacular. But my neighbor ...

Pull up cool-season annual weeds: It is very important to pull up henbit, bedstraw and chickweed now. These weeds are currently setting thousands of seeds that will plague you next winter if not ...

For most vegetable gardeners, tomatoes are the rock stars of the summer harvest, and late May and early June is the ideal time for planting these warm-season favorites. Whether you grow sun gold ...

Late May and early June are an important period for one of home gardener’s favorite crops – tomatoes. Kansas State University horticultural expert Cynthia Domenghini said tomatoes need support to ...

Cheer on your potted cherry tomatoes with these 10 expert tips.

Edible gardening is fun and useful, and Marta Stewart has the tips, on everything from when to use stakes to companion planting, to ensure yours is successful.

March is when we begin to plant our spring vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers, snap beans, squash and cucumbers. These vegetables like warm temperatures and cannot tolerate freezes. Although one or ...

Tomato plants can have determinate or indeterminate growth patterns. Learn the difference between determinate and indeterminate tomato plants and which one is best for your garden.