Edible Gardening

Growing your own food is a rewarding journey, and we’re here to make it easier and more enjoyable. Discover a wealth of advice, tips, and how-to guides tailored to help you cultivate a vibrant and productive edible garden. Let’s turn your gardening space into a fresh, delicious haven.

How and When to Harvest Cucumbers Successfully 1

How and When to Harvest Cucumbers Successfully

By Deborah Charity

Ground Cherries Harvesting

How to Grow and Care for Ground Cherries

By Deborah Charity

How to Grow and Care for Quinoa Easily 1

How to Grow and Care for Quinoa Easily

By Deborah Charity

How to Grow and Care for Oregano Origanum 1

How to Grow and Care for Oregano Origanum

By Deborah Charity

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carrot companion planting benefits

How Deep to Plant Carrot Seeds: The Expert-Backed Guide Garden Centers Won’t Tell You

carrot companion planting benefits

The Ultimate Companion Planting Guide for Carrot Success: 7 Step Guide

By Deborah Charity

Carrots Forking

Why Your Carrots Keep Forking (And The 3-Minute Fix You Haven’t Tried)

This Simple Honey Trick Will Make Your Basil Seeds Germinate Twice As Fast

Germinating Basil From Seeds Quickly and Successfully: The Honey Method

Basil Growing In a Pot

Growing Basil from Seed

The Ultimate Vegetable seed starting timeline 3

The Ultimate Vegetable Seed Starting Timeline Every Gardener Needs

7 Varieties of Seeds To Grow Partial Shade Vegetables 3

The Secret Garden: 7 Varieties of Seeds To Grow Partial Shade Vegetables

By Sebastian Avila

What Are the Bugs on My Tomato Plants How to Get Rid of Them

What Are the Bugs on My Tomato Plants? How to Get Rid of Them

By Sebastian Avila

How to Create a Kitchen Window Herb Garden 1

How to Create a Kitchen Window Herb Garden

By Deborah Charity

Plants for small spaces

10 Top Plants for Small Spaces That Will Make Your Garden Flourish

By Deborah Charity

How to Grow and Care for Mint Effortlessly 4

How to Grow and Care for Mint Effortlessly

By Sebastian Avila

How to Grow and Care for Peanut Plants 3

How to Grow and Care for Peanut Plants

By Sebastian Avila

How to Grow and Care for Common Beans Effectively 1

How to Grow and Care for Common Beans Effectively

By Deborah Charity

6 Reasons Why Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow 3

6 Reasons Why Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow

By Sebastian Avila

How to Grow and Care for Pumpkins Successfully 2 11

How to Grow and Care for Pumpkins Successfully

By Deborah Charity

How to Grow and Care for Lemon Cucumbers Successfully 1

How to Grow and Care for Lemon Cucumbers Successfully

By Deborah Charity

1 How to Grow and Care for Chia Seeds 1

1- How to Grow and Care for Chia Seeds

By Sebastian Avila

How to Grow and Care for Healthy Roma Tomatoes 1

How to Grow and Care for Healthy Roma Tomatoes

By Deborah Charity

How to Grow and Care for Thriving Rosemary 2

How to Grow and Care for Rosemary

By Deborah Charity

How to Grow and Care for Lemongrass Easily 1 1

How to Grow and Care for Lemongrass Easily

By Deborah Charity

Fresh mountain spinach leaves in a rustic wooden crate.

Discover Mountain Spinach: The Nutrient-Rich Superfood

By Lydia Beaumont

Fresh cucumbers and tomatoes thrive in the vibrant vegetable garden, promising a bountiful harvest of wholesome goodness.

The 15 Best Tomato Companion Plants to Help Your Crop Thrive

By Sebastian Avila

Freshly unearthed potatoes in soil at sunset, highlighting homegrown potato cultivation."

How to Grow Potatoes At Home

Cucumber hanging from the vine, surrounded by large green leaves and delicate yellow flowers.

Do Cucumbers Need Pollinators? A Vital Link Between Bees & Cucumbers

By Lydia Beaumont

Why Are My Tomatoes Falling Off The Vine

7 Reasons Tomatoes Falling Off Before Ripe & Their Remedies

By Lydia Beaumont

Person in a plaid shirt planting lettuce in a garden, exemplifying ideal soil pH for vegetables.

Ideal pH For Vegetable Garden: Guide For Ultimate Veggie Growth

By Lydia Beaumont

Smiling man harvesting ripe tomatoes in a lush greenhouse, representing the bountiful yield of indeterminate tomato plants.

Determinate vs Indeterminate Tomatoes: Choosing the Right Type for Your Garden

By Lydia Beaumont

Freshly uprooted rhubarb with vibrant pink stalks and green leaves, exemplifying square foot gardening.

Mastering Square Foot Gardening: A Comprehensive Guide

By Lydia Beaumont

Two heads of lush broccoli in a wooden crate, perfect for square foot gardening broccoli.

Square Foot Gardening Broccoli: 8 Tips for Lush Broccoli in Compact Gardens

By Lydia Beaumont

Gardener's hands trimming the greens of onions in a square foot garden, tending to the onion crop.

Growing Perfect Onions in Small Gardens: Square Foot Gardening Tips

By Lydia Beaumont

Ripe, golden corn cobs in a wooden crate with a cornfield in the background, ready for harvest.

Corn in a Square Foot Garden: Maximizing Your Yield

By Lydia Beaumont

Split dragon fruit on a plate, highlighting the white flesh and seeds of this variety.

Top Dragon Fruit Varieties: A Comprehensive Guide

By Lydia Beaumont

Tray of vibrant green and purple microgreens, a guide to profitable microgreens farming.

The Profitable Guide to Growing Microgreens

By Lydia Beaumont

Fresh bananas on a white plate with a glass of water casting a shadow, suggestive of ingredients for banana tea.

Benefits of Banana Tea for Plants & How to Make It

By Lydia Beaumont

Ripe avocados, one halved to reveal a single large seed, on a wooden surface, exemplifying fruits with one seed.

8 Fruits with One Seed Described

By Lydia Beaumont

A woman with a playful grimace bites into a bright orange slice, evoking the sour taste that many fruits can have, against a vibrant yellow backdrop.

Why Does My Fruit Taste Sour?

By Lydia Beaumont

Pink dragon berry with green-tipped scales, unique shape and bold texture.

8 Fruits with Spikes on Them

By Lydia Beaumont

Hands holding fresh asparagus stalks, one of the vegetables that do not favor peat moss, against a blurred garden backdrop.

Vegetables That Do Not Like Peat Moss

By Lydia Beaumont

What Can You Do With Ornamental Gourds? (7 Handy Ideas)

By Deborah Charity

Cluster of young pistachio nuts growing on a tree, detailing the habitat of pistachio trees.

Where Do Pistachio Trees Grow? [All Locations]

Vibrant purple sage flowers in bloom, with dense green foliage, against a soft natural backdrop.

Where Does Sage Grow?

By Lydia Beaumont

Lush vegetable garden with a variety of greens in a raised bed.

How To Speed Up Veg Growth? [Full Guide]

By Lydia Beaumont

Sliced and whole sweet potatoes on a wooden cutting board, ready for cooking.

How To Grow Sweet Potatoes From Scraps? – Guide

By Lydia Beaumont

Close-up of a robust celery base growing in rich soil, with vibrant green stalks and leaves reaching upward.

Where Does Celery Grow? – Conditions & Locations

By Lydia Beaumont

Two ripe mangoes hanging gracefully from a branch, highlighted by the sun against a blurred green background.

Where Are Mangoes Grown

By Lydia Beaumont

Close-up of healthy cilantro leaves with focus on texture, indicating no signs of the plant dying.

Why Is My Cilantro Dying? (Causes & Treatment)

By Lydia Beaumont

Yellow squash with bumpy texture, alongside another with mottled green patches, indicating varying ripeness and potential spoilage.

How To Tell if Yellow Squash Is Bad – Simple Way

By Lydia Beaumont

Farmer carrying rice seedlings through a paddy field.

Why Is Rice Grown In Water? [Explanation]

By Lydia Beaumont

Vibrant striped carnival squash, none showing signs that the acorn squash is bad.

How To Tell If Acorn Squash Is Bad [Guide]

By Lydia Beaumont

Single ripe persimmon fruit on a wooden surface, vibrant orange indicating the persimmon is ripe.

How To Tell If A Persimmon Is Ripe

By Lydia Beaumont

A close-up image of a pile of potatoes stacked on top of each other.

How Do Potatoes Reproduce?

By Lydia Beaumont

Orange pumpkin ripening in the field with a vine trailing beside it, illustrating a stage in growing large pumpkins with milk techniques.

How To Grow Giant Pumpkins With Milk

By Lydia Beaumont

A close-up of a pomegranate cut open, revealing clusters of bright red arils inside, a classic fruit with red inside.

6 Fruits With Red Inside

By Lydia Beaumont

A cluster of vibrant red tomatoes with water droplets, nestled among green leaves on the vine, showcasing freshness and natural growth.

What Are Fruits With Many Seeds? [Top 6 List]

By Lydia Beaumont

Assorted garden carrots in white, orange, yellow, red, and purple, freshly harvested and displayed on a wooden surface.

Why Are My Garden Carrots White? – Possible Causes

By Lydia Beaumont

Mature beetroot emerging from soil with lush leaves.

How To Grow Beets From Beets [In Simple Steps]

By Lydia Beaumont

Young pineapple plant with broad leaves, ready for replanting.

How To Replant A Pineapple Plant – Guide

By Lydia Beaumont

Ripe strawberry hanging on the vine with vibrant green leaves, hinting at flavor that defies its appearance.

Why My Strawberries Have No Flavor? (Top 5 Reasons)

By Deborah Charity

Ripening tomatoes on the vine supported by a wooden stake.

Tomatoes Keep Falling Over – 6 Reasons

By Lydia Beaumont

Microgreens flourishing on rockwool in clear trays, with scissors and seeds on wooden surface for gardening.

Growing Microgreens On Rockwool – Guide

By Lydia Beaumont

Tomato plant with a mix of ripe red, orange, and green fruits supported by a blue stake, possibly bitter or sour to taste.

My Tomatoes Taste Bitter Or Sour – All You Need To Know

By Deborah Charity

A large zucchini with a sliced piece on the grass, representing a thriving zucchini plant.

3 Reasons Why My Zucchini Plant Is Huge & What To Do With A Huge Zucchini

By Lydia Beaumont

Bee approaching bright yellow male zucchini flower, a common scene when a zucchini has only male flowers.

5 Reasons Why Your Zucchini Has Only Male Flowers

By Deborah Charity

Fresh spinach growing in a garden bed, possible bitterness in vegetables due to growing conditions.

6 Reasons Why Your Vegetables Are Bitter

By Lydia Beaumont

Leggy Lettuce Seedlings – Causes and treatment

Leggy Lettuce Seedlings – Causes & Treatment

By Deborah Charity

Cluster of ripe, red lychee fruits hanging amongst green leaves, some leaves possibly turning brown.

Why Do Lychee Leaves Turn Brown? – All You Need To Know

By Lydia Beaumont

Can You Grow Microgreens on Paper Towel

Can You Grow Microgreens On Paper Towel? – All You Need To Know

By Lydia Beaumont

Why do my fruits taste fizzy

Why Do My Fruits Taste Fizzy?

Hand cradling a bunch of small, ripe tomatoes illustrating potential underdeveloped growth.

Why Are My Tomatoes Very Small? 6 Causes and Treatment Tips

By Lydia Beaumont

Ripe red tomatoes on the vine, possibly affected by issues causing floury tomatoes.

Why Are My Tomatoes Floury? – 5 Common Reasons

By Deborah Charity

Clustered tomatoes in various ripening stages, supported by an overstretched wire cage amid lush foliage.

My Tomatoes Have Outgrown Their Cages. Here Are 7 Things You Can Do

By Deborah Charity

A small raised garden bed filled with a variety of vegetables including ripe tomatoes and leafy greens, bordered by colorful flowers.

5 Best Vegetables To Grow In A Small Raised Bed

By Lydia Beaumont