Those of you who follow the Million Gardens Movement, likely know that its co-founder and publisher of mothership Modern Farmer magazine,...

For seasoned and new gardeners alike, the concept of ‘hardening off’ can be shady, but don’t let uncertainty prevent you from digging in...

This ancient 'vegetable melon' (a fruit, botanically speaking) remains calm and cool even when things get heated in the food garden....

This humble root vegetable has noble roots and a colourful past, yet it remains the subject of many a dad joke. Urban legend has it that...

Sweet or spicy, scalding or icy, these crunchy, juicy, edible, smooth and shiny orbs all come from one big happy family called Capsicum...

Growing these most luscious and voluptuous of fruits (yes, fruits) from seeds or from seedlings is easier than you think. The mass...

When my children were tiny, I told them that sleep was delicious, and that spinach was super duper. They believed me, and in some small...

Botanically speaking, peas are fruits, which explains a few things. The pods are the fruits by definition, the peas inside the pods are...

Growing radishes on earth and in space, is easier than you think. The very first seeds I direct sow into my spring garden are root...

I couldn't wait, I admit it. Not one week, and certainly not four. Three weeks have passed now since I sowed the first hopeful seeds of...

"Water is the driving force of all nature," said the humanist and artist Leonardo da Vinci. While that was an enlightened and poetic...

At its most basic, food security grows in living soil. Therein lies the simple solution to food insecurity, but also the problem. We are,...

Gardening, like parenting, is largely intuitive. At this time of year, when juggling too many seeds with too little seed starting space,...

Gardens hold the secrets to unconditional love and to life, and to giving. In our home, this Feast of St. Valentine's Day week has, as do...

Alpine strawberries are too crazy delicious not to grow in abundance, from seed. The doing of it as an early-season indoor project is a...

When is the best time to start? It can be a seductive winter ritual, sifting through seed catalogues online and in-hand, planning and...

"The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the...

Slow-roasted and oven-dried tomatoes, mixed herb and garlic scape pappardelle, thyme-roasted beets, caraway cucumber salad, and...

In most places in North America, January is the perfect month to embark on a water management and conservation plan for the growing...

It isn't too late to make 'gourmet food store quality' gifts for friends and family, and do it for as little as $0.80 per jar. If you...