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

August 5, 2022

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Gifts & Shopping

Lego Makes Succulents, Orchids, and Bonsai Trees—You Won’t Believe How Beautiful They Look

They make the perfect gift.

November 30, 2022

November 29, 2022

Home Tours

A-Frame You’ve Met Your Match: This 50-Year-Old Mountain Cabin Thrives In Snow

Step inside one of the earliest prototypes of the Western American mountain cabin.

November 30, 2022

November 23, 2022

Garden Basics

Who Says You Can’t Garden In Winter? We’ve Got the Must-Do Checklist to Prove You Wrong

What to do in your garden now, no matter where you are in the West.

November 29, 2022

November 23, 2022

Gifts & Shopping

This Classic Find Can Actually Help You De-Stress During the Holidays

It’s the gift that keeps on giving, basically.

November 28, 2022

November 29, 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

Edible Gardening

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