Transform your outdoor space with a potager garden design! 🌿🎨 Merge beauty with bounty as you learn to blend vegetables, herbs, and flowers into a harmonious and productive garden. Dive into the world of edible landscaping and discover the joy of creating a garden that’s both functional and picturesque.

You’d think that the genus Nigella couldn’t get any more interesting than that, but then ‘Transformer’ yellow fennel flower comes along. Learn more, here.

One of the many Whirligig varieties at Butchart Gardens.

Geodesic dome greenhouses are beautiful, for sure, and they have many advantages that make them a great option for backyard food growing.

Ashwagandha plants aren't something you generally find outside of India and Nepal, but they'll grow easily in a backyard garden. Also known as Indian ginseng, it's a potent medicinal in the Ayurvedic tradition. It's said to impart

Chestnut trees are grown throughout the world, with a rich tradition behind them. There are varieties available for just about every hardiness zone in the United States. These trees produce delicious nuts that can be eaten roasted, boiled, candied or ground into flour.

These invasive plants are all beautiful so you will be tempted to plant them in your garden. Find out which invasive species are not worth the hassle.

Create your own personal list of top ten medicinal herbs, tailored to your climate and health concerns. Build a dream medicinal herb garden!

Native to central North America, Jerusalem artichokes which are also called by their modern name sunchokes are such strong growers that they can become rather invasive if not handled properly. Of course, this is mostly the case in warmer climates, but by the rate, they spread on our first attempt at growing them I have no problem believing this. Here is my guide on growing and harvesting Jerusalem artichokes. We merely planted two tubers, and the harvest we got from these was huge. What you see in the picture below is just about a half of it. There was, in fact, a lot more

Homesteading in these modern times may look much differnt than in the past, but the point of living a self-reliant life is still the same.

Description Neat, bushy 20-inch plants bloom all summer Whirligig Hybrid Zinnia is the zinnia that thinks it's a Gaillardia... or maybe a Gazania... or even an African Daisy. The big, cheerful, single- to semi-double daisy-flowered blooms celebrate the great diversity of the zinnia. They open in every color and pattern, from simple bicolors to multiple ringed varieties. 3 to 4½ inches across, they combine well in the garden or vase, and have the same long-lasting color and form as their double-flowered cousins. Neat, bushy 20-inch plants offer lots of cut-and-come-again color over a long summer season. Zinnias are one of the easiest annuals to grow, and attract butterflies to the garden. They are outstanding in beds, borders, and containers, and are the perfect cut flower—the more you cut, the more you get. They thrive in the sun and heat of summer, and ask only well-drained soil. Their biggest enemy is mildew, so water them with a soaker hose or other ground-based spray to minimize wetting the foliage—or, if this isn't possible, water them early in the day, so that the leaves can dry off before nightfall. Space the plants generously to prevent overcrowding. When cutting the blooms for the vase, trim off all the foliage; unlike the blooms, it does not age well.