If you've never tasted a carrot fresh from the garden, you've missed out on a treat. Carrots are considered in a cool-weather vegetable. In Southern USDA hardiness zones, you can take advantage of ...

You can plant these delicious vegetables on your porch or even indoors. Growing carrots in containers is a great way to enjoy fresh, homegrown produce, even in small spaces. Choose the right container ...

Planting your own kitchen garden is a lot easier than you think, and you don't even need a garden, just an inexpensive ...

Last year I made a small attempt at growing mainly vegetables and a few flowers in containers. I still have questions: When ...

Peter Richards plants vegetables in sheet mulch, and Joellen Dimond plants a container herb garden. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local gardener Peter Richards shows how to ...

Large plants such as cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes require trellis support in the back of your garden, while smaller vegetables like peppers, lettuce, and broccoli can grow in front. Include herbs ...

Fill your crudités platters with vegetables grown in your own garden and containers. Arrange the raw vegetables neatly on a ...

All of you requesting the planting calendar should have received it by now as well as the vegetable-growing bible, written by Dr. Sylvan Wittwer, formerly of Logandale. I told you how important it can ...

Carrots are a root crop, best grown from seeds. You will not find seedlings at the garden center because they do not transplant well. Carrot seeds prefer soil temperatures between 50 and 85 degrees F.