Tomatoes growing in a garden are covered in beads of water. - Susumu Yoshioka/Getty Images Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are a culinary staple, and for good reason. A tomato offers nearly 20% of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’re starting a vegetable garden, you’ll want to get the most you can out of your garden plot. To do ...

It's spring, which means it's time to start prepping and planting your garden. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, it's always good to know all the different gardening techniques available.

Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are a culinary staple, and for good reason. A tomato offers nearly 20% of your daily vitamin C allotment, as well as potassium and antioxidants like beta carotene.

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

The Miyawaki method is an afforestation technique for cultivating fast-growing groves of native plants, with the dense, mixed planting intended to simulate the layers of a natural forest. Originally ...

My fellow Master Gardener Gayle Nelson is having a love affair with her new cloner. A tray of 20 gardenia cuttings produced roots in 4 weeks. A cloner is a machine that uses hydroponic methods to ...