The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
Turn shady spots into productive, beautiful backyard beds with easy-to-grow edibles like herbs, leafy greens, peas, radishes, and even blueberries. With the right plants and a little care, you can enjoy fresh harvests all season long—even without full sun.
Give your autumn veggie beds a natural boost with companion plants that help fend off pests, attract beneficial insects, and improve soil health. From marigolds and nasturtiums to garlic, dill, and sweet alyssum, these garden allies can help your cool-season crops thrive and taste even better.
Cool-season vegetables are garden overachievers, thriving in crisp spring and fall weather when summer crops start to fade. With the right timing and soil, you can harvest sweet carrots, tender beets, crisp radishes, and flavorful turnips almost year-round.
Keep your garden producing long after summer ends with smart succession planting, crop rotation, and season-extending covers like cold frames and low tunnels. With the right timing, you can enjoy fresh vegetables from August through winter and make the most of every square foot of your garden.
Cold frames are a simple way to stretch your gardening season, keeping seedlings, leafy greens, and root crops protected while the weather stays cool. With the right setup, you can harvest fresh produce longer, start plants earlier, and give tender crops the cozy boost they need to thrive.
Bok choy is a fast, low-maintenance fall crop that thrives as summer heat fades, making it a smart choice for warm climates like Zone 9a. With the right timing and a little care, you can enjoy a steady harvest of crisp, tender greens well into the season.
Kohlrabi is the underrated garden crop that’s easier to grow than you might think—fast-maturing, space-saving, and surprisingly delicious raw or cooked. If you want a cool-season veggie with big payoff, this quirky little bulb is worth planting this year.
Beets are one of the easiest and most rewarding crops to grow at home, with fast-growing roots and tasty greens you can enjoy in just a few weeks. Learn how to plant, care for, and harvest a healthy beet crop for delicious results all season long.
Growing cabbage in the fall is a smart way to enjoy tender, flavorful heads when cooler weather arrives. With the right variety, timing, and care, you can grow a healthy cabbage crop that’s perfect for harvesting and storing.
Loose leaf lettuce is a fast, easy, and rewarding crop that delivers crisp, tender greens for salads, sandwiches, and wraps with very little effort. This simple growing guide shows you how to plant, care for, and harvest it for a steady supply all season long.