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Planning a Bigger Garden for Freeze Drying and Food Preservation Garden planning often begins during the coldest part of the year. Seed catalogs arrive, new varieties catch your attention, and it becomes easy to imagine beds overflowing with tomatoes, peppers,...

Fresh herbs and vegetables bring incredible flavor to home cooking, but they often spoil long before you have a chance to use them all. Whether you're harvesting basil from your garden, buying cilantro for one recipe, or picking fresh peppers...

Late in the season, tomato and zucchini plants tend to have one last big push before they're done for the year — and that final burst usually produces more than any one household can eat fresh. If you've got a...

Heirloom vegetables tend to be hardier and more flavorful than hybrids, but they also cost more — which is exactly why saving your own seeds is worth doing. Here's how to pick the right seeds, ferment and store them properly,...

If you live somewhere like Hawaii, fruit trees are almost an afterthought — plant one and it thrives outdoors year-round. Most of the country needs to be more deliberate about it, choosing dwarf or cold-hardy varieties that actually match their...

Hydroponics is a relatively easy, inexpensive way to extend your growing season past what outdoor soil and weather allow — which means fresh vegetables and herbs for your freeze-dried entrees and soups even in the dead of winter. How It...

A freeze dryer already pays for itself over time just from cutting food waste and letting you buy in bulk — but sharing it with people you know can speed that up considerably, while spreading the same benefits further. Share...

Gardening has a reputation for sore backs and sweaty afternoons, but a handful of genuinely useful, low-tech tools can make it a lot more productive and a lot less painful. 1. A Rolling Garden Stool A fully adjustable, swiveling garden...

More than half the world's population already lives in urban centers, and the UN projects that share will keep climbing toward 70% by mid-century. That trend has pushed more gardeners toward growing up instead of out — and a little...