I really like the idea of a theme garden but have also come to the conclusion that following someone else’s specific design is not always the best way to go. A garden is really what you make of it. It ...

Don t pick all your peas at once. Instead, go down the row every two or three days and pluck off only those pods that are at their peak of flavor and succulence. How often you have to give your peas a ...

You should harvest vegetables in the early mornings during summer. This is when crops have recovered from the summer heat from the day before and your veggies will be the juiciest and sweetest.

Some plants just signal spring to me. When the bulbs bloom and asparagus starts to break through the earth, I know that season has come. Peas are another quintessential spring plant, and one of the ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Pea harvest is under way in the south, but not yet general. Few samples have made it to processors, but there doesn't appear to be any reason to think quality will be an issue.

“Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation.” - Kim Hubbard Many gardeners are calling because they have a great stand of beets, ...

As summer settles into a routine of 90- and 100-degree days, the closest we can get to the chill of autumn and winter are the snow cones the neighborhood boy is selling door to door. But as we ...