Over time vegetable gardeners start to find all sorts of self-seeding food plants freely pop up throughout the garden.

The larval stage of some insects spend part of their life cycle in soil and will damage plants. Grubs, wireworms and cutworms ...

I look at yams like I do tamarillos, a once-a-year treat. There is nothing nicer than an oven-roasted big fat yam ... or two.

In India’s vast culinary landscape, bharta is a humble yet deeply flavorful dish, transforming simple vegetables by roasting, ...

Some lesser-known biological, cultural and scientific facts about the vegetable most closely associated with this island ...

No matter the season, companion planting can help your garden thrive. One of the most well-known examples of companion ...

Climate change poses a huge threat and may lead many gardeners globally to rethink what plants they grow and how they grow ...

There’s also the “lazy way” to grow potatoes. This is putting seed potatoes basically on top of the ground or just shallowly in the dirt and covering them with dirt or straw. This method makes for ...

Leah Fronk, Penn State Extension Horticulture Educator and Tom Ford, Former Penn State Extension Educator If left unchecked, ...

This guide helps gardeners decide which vegetables, herbs, and flowers to plant with cucumbers—and which to plant elsewhere.

Overwatering is common, and it harms plants, not to mention water waste. Underwatering is also harmful, especially in hot, windy weather. How can we know we are watering correctly? Most ...

There are some plants that do well with a second crop, including the humble potato. Planting a second crop of seed potatoes is a great way to extend the growing season and possibly double your yield ...