We endure the challenging work needed to have a successful vegetable garden in anticipation of juicy tomatoes, crunchy sweetcorn and hot habaneros and jalapeños. But what if you don’t have ...

One of the best ways to do that? Growing your own food. My own vegetable garden doubled in size a few seasons back, when I became less than enthusiastic about shopping in supermarkets; the change ...

CORVALLIS — Freshly planted and carefully tended, vegetable gardens can quickly become a magnet for trouble. Problems seem to spring up overnight. Weeds, for instance, can overtake a garden in days.

Kem Ormond is a features writer for The Country. She’s also a keen gardener. This week, she’s on a mission to promote yams. I look at yams like I do tamarillos, a once-a-year treat. There is ...

Speaking to Closer magazine, Gemma said: 'I love growing my own vegetables, I've got potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers and spring onions. They are delicious straight from the garden!' Adding that ...

Obviously, I had never seen yams growing in a garden bed. It is quite confusing, as the vegetables we know as yams in New Zealand aren’t yams at all, according to the rest of the world.

Large vegetables that need a lot of room to grow, such as pumpkins and watermelon, are also difficult to grow indoors due to limited space. How can you keep your indoor garden growing? If it’s ...

Devoting precious space to the plants you know you will use is critical to getting the most out of your vegetable garden, and allows you to focus your attention on the plants that really matter.

Fortunately, this tends to happen naturally, although it may be helpful to broadcast clover if it is absent, being sure to buy inoculant from the farm or garden store and apply it to the seeds ...

Frustrated, she and her husband, Brent, shifted their efforts to crafting something that would thrive in the abundant sunshine: a vegetable garden. There was just one catch. Despite their familial ...