Spinach is a hugely popular crop to grow, with its quick-growing leaves that are packed with nutrients. There are a lot of beneficial companion plants for spinach that gardeners can take advantage of ...

Grow sweet alyssum to provide nectar for hoverflies, which feed on aphids. Each spring, I grow legions of onions and shallots from seed, and my biggest challenge is keeping them weeded. Last year, I ...

There are lots of great ways to keep your garden healthy over the winter. Try these companion planting techniques to help ...

Pincushions (Scabiosa japonica), are a beautiful addition to any garden, with soft, cushion-like blooms that resemble their namesake. The light lavender or blue flowers attract bees and butterflies, ...

When gardeners plant their vegetable and flower gardens, the edibles and ornamentals typically are located in different places. But planting them in the same bed is beneficial to pollinators. Casey ...

In terms of vegetables worth planting in your home garden, Brussels sprouts are a reliable bet: They’re fairly easy to grow, and benefit from being placed alongside certain companion plants. Companion ...

From flowers to food crops, discover the plants that do well growing alongside these legumes, plus three that are best left in the garden shed.

If you live somewhere with a lot of mosquitos flying around, chances are you've heard of (or at least smelled) citronella. A variety of geranium, citronella (Cymbopogon nardus), is known for its sharp ...

Potatoes are an easy crop to grow in your garden. They require very little extra attention, except for regular watering and hilling up the soil to get a bigger harvest. If you've never grown these ...

No one is quite clear why Downton Abbey’s Lady Edith chose the name Marigold for her daughter’s name, but naming baby girls after flowers was common in England during the 1920s. I’d like to believe ...

As you plant flowers in the vegetable garden, play with colors and textures as the author does in her beautiful central California edible landscape. Grow a profusion of pollen- and nectar-rich blooms ...