Anyone who grows their own fruit and vegetables will know that it takes time and commitment to produce a crop. Growing your own is not a five-minute wonder that results in a quick reward. Apart from ...

Growing your own cucumbers to pickle or add crunch to salads is easier than you may think. This tender fruit loves warm weather and can grow in the ground or containers, so long as the plants receive ...

It’s time — or getting to be time — for us gardeners to reap what we’ve sown. Although it’s fairly evident when some edibles, like tomatoes, are ripe for the picking (uniform red, yellow or orange ...

Cucumbers are one of the easiest plants you can grow in your summer garden, but just how many cucumbers you can expect to harvest from a single plant depends on several different factors. Some of it ...

August means summer’s ending, but garden tasks continue. Here are the plants you should deadhead this month if you want a longer bloom season. Marigolds bloom nonstop if you deadhead faded flowers.

Harvesting cucumbers too early or too late leaves you with an undersized crop or bitter, yellow fruit that no one wants to eat. But while harvesting at the wrong time is a big issue when growing ...