Grow Your Own Foods

Want to add an herb garden to your shady yard? Here are 16 herbs that will grow in the shade.

Planning to do some landscape work on your yard? Think about going with edible plants.

A list of perennial herbs, vegetables, fruits and legumes. Plant your garden once and you'll save time and money.

Become a part of the victory garden movement by planting your own victory garden Here's how.

Find out how much you need to plant to feed a family of four.

Growing tips for the most popular vegetables to grow in a home garden.

What to consider when planning a vegetable garden.

What you need to know before you splant a vegetable container garden.

Tips to help you select, grow and harvest enough lettuce for your needs.

Everything you need to know to get your garlic to harvest.

Everything you need to know to grow, harvest and store your own crop of dry beans.

The ins and outs of growing strawberries in containers.

Tips for growing blueberries in the home garden.

Time-proven tricks for the best tomatoes on the block.

Like herbal teas, but hate paying a premium for them? Grow your own herbs, and you won't have to.

Tips for growing and harvesting your own tea.

Learn how to tap maple trees and make your own maple syrup.

Start another crop of beans in the fall, and stretch your growing season a bit further.

Tips for starting and maintaining a kitchen herb garden.

Learn how to tell when your vegetables are ready for harvest.

Discover when common fruits are ready for harvest.

Find out when common nut varieties are typically harvested.

Tree nuts are tasty, healthy and – if you're willing to forage – can be obtained for free. Here's what you need to know to identify and harvest a variety of nuts:

More and more cities are allowing residents to keep chickens? Do you have some egg layers wandering around your yard?

Find out the proper time for starting seeds in your zone.

Everything you wanted to know about starting seeds.

Swap your way to the seeds that you want.

Turn a reusable grocery bag into a mini herb garden.

Discover how easy it is to grow potatoes in a container.

Learn how to grow, harvest and process tea leaves for black, green or oolong tea.

Have a shady yard, but still want to grow vegetables? Try these veggies.

Struggling to find fruits that will grow in the shade? Here are 11 options.

Learn how to grow all sorts of foods in hanging baskets.

Get a big harvest from a small garden by planting these high-yield crops.