The holy grail of home horticulture is learning how to grow the perfect tomato crop just steps from your kitchen counter. It gives you the ability to act on a fleeting inspiration for a fresh caprese ...

Person sprinkling granulated fertilizer around small tomato plant - encierro/Shutterstock Successfully cultivating homegrown tomato plants requires healthy servings of good soil, sufficient water, ...

Research tomato varieties before planting your seeds since some types are not ideal for tight spaces due to their fast growth rates. Think vertically when supporting tomato plants in small spaces. For ...

Growing in containers is a great way to grow vegetables and other plants during the winter months, or when you’ve run out of room in your home garden. We’ll go over the tomato varieties that grow well ...

This is the gardening question du jour. Tomatoes are pretty much the most popularly grown garden fruit, but that doesn’t make them the easiest to grow. Texas offers up plenty of climate obstacles to ...

Always clean and sharpen tools you won't be using for a while. It's a good idea to wipe the metal blades with an oily cloth. This coats them with a thin layer of protective oil to help prevent ...

Q: I love it when gardeners send me inspirational photos and we can all use an uplift after the long winter. Joan Zettel recently shared a photo of a magnificent daylily blooming in last year’s flower ...