Fruits and Vegetables Gardening Guide

Garden Basics

How Can We Make the Most of Our Edible Gardens? We Asked the Epic Expert

YouTube star Kevin Espiritu shares how to increase your garden’s yield.

June 2, 2022

June 9, 2022

Garden Basics

A Raised Bed in a City? This Urban Gardener Did It, and So Can You

Sophie Pennes, of Urban Farms LA, explains how sun is more important than space and how it’s perfectly possible to pull off an edible garden in a city environment.

March 30, 2022

April 21, 2022

Lauri Kranz walking by raised beds with flowers

Edible Gardening

How to Grow the Best Vegetables You’ve Ever Seen

An edible-garden expert shares tips on raising and harvesting produce that puts most supermarket vegetables to shame.

April 6, 2022

April 9, 2022

Garden Basics

Help! When Do I Harvest the Veggies in My Raised Bed?

Clarke de Mornay, of Flora Grubb Gardens, clues us in on how and when to harvest a garden’s bounty—and what to do when you have too much of a good thing.

April 8, 2022

April 12, 2022

The Latest From Sunset

Foraging with Nan Cole in calendula field

Edible Gardening

Go Ahead, Forage Your Own Food. But First Know the Rules

If you’re thinking about foraging, it’s important to do so mindfully.

May 9, 2022

May 10, 2022

Raised Bed planter box by Victory Garden LA, surrounded by flowers and succulents

DIY Projects

We Did It. We Made the Ultimate Raised Bed

What if you could build a raised bed with all the accoutrements a city gardener could ever want?

April 13, 2022

April 6, 2022

Recipes

Small Space, Big Appetite? Even a Tiny Garden Can Enhance These Recipes

No matter the size of your space, you can use homegrown herbs and produce to cook up healthy, delicious dishes.

April 4, 2022

April 12, 2022

Garden Basics

It’s Time to Savor Spring: Your April-May Garden Checklist

Warm weather is here. What to do in your garden now.

March 31, 2022

April 1, 2022

Garden Basics

Easy Mistakes to Make When Growing from Seed, and How to Fix Them

The Plant Good Seed Company's Quin Shakra walks us through the basics of growing seeds in raised bed environments.

March 30, 2022

April 21, 2022

Edible Gardening

Herb Garden Basics: The Tasty Essentials Every Home Cook Should Grow

Never run out of parsley again. Or basil. Or thyme. Or cilantro. Or...

May 19, 2021

January 7, 2022

Home & Garden

10 Design Ideas for a Tiny Edible Garden

This garden has a secret: Virtually every plant in it can be put on your plate or in a vase. It doesn’t look like a typical edible garden, which is exactly the point

September 22, 2014

August 4, 2021

Home & Garden

Storage Solutions to Enjoy Your Harvest All Year Long

Here’s how to store your peppers, berries, tomatoes, green beans, and more, so you can enjoy your harvest all year long.

August 5, 2021

August 7, 2021

Edible Gardening

Mushrooms Are Having a Moment. And Not Just the Magic Ones

This farmers market staple is all the rage, and we found the best ones in California.

February 28, 2022

Edible Gardening

Grow Leftover Veggies and Food Scraps Again—Right in Your Kitchen

The ultimate guide to "grocery store propagation."

March 22, 2022

April 8, 2022

32 Indispensable Herbs

Our guide to growing and cooking with basic and gourmet herbs

January 11, 2006

May 20, 2021

Edible Gardening

10 Beautiful Herb Garden Designs

Fresh ways to make your herb garden both functional and super-stylish

October 25, 2016

August 4, 2021

Edible Gardening

8 Ideas for Growing a Cocktail Garden

Learn how to incorporate your edible bounty into your own personal cocktail bar with planting and design lessons from the Sunset Test Garden

September 24, 2016

August 4, 2021

Edible Gardening

Grow Your Own Herbal Tea Garden

Get ready to embrace the latest addition to the locavore movement—homegrown teas.

April 25, 2018

April 5, 2022

More Stories in Edible Gardening

How Can We Make the Most of Our Edible Gardens? We Asked the Epic Expert

Go Ahead, Forage Your Own Food. But First Know the Rules

We Did It. We Made the Ultimate Raised Bed

Help! When Do I Harvest the Veggies in My Raised Bed?

How to Grow the Best Vegetables You’ve Ever Seen

Small Space, Big Appetite? Even a Tiny Garden Can Enhance These Recipes

It’s Time to Savor Spring: Your April-May Garden Checklist

Easy Mistakes to Make When Growing from Seed, and How to Fix Them

Grow Leftover Veggies and Food Scraps Again—Right in Your Kitchen

DIY a Dried Herb Wreath Now to Lock in Flavor for Months

Every Raised Bed Gardening Question You Didn’t Even Know You Should Ask

How to Build a Raised Bed—Even If You Have No Idea Where to Start

Mushrooms Are Having a Moment. And Not Just the Magic Ones

The One Thing You Have to Plant This Fall

Lemongrass, Mushrooms and Beyond: Plant Your Cocktail Garden Now

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