It is a great time of the year to grow flowers in containers and the garden, but have you thought about vegetables, specifically lettuce and onions? Both are easy to grow, productive and attractive. I ...

Salad Bowl has been one of the most popular cut-and-come-again lettuce varieties for many years, and it is understandable why ...

This video shows 5 tips on how I grow several varieties of salad plants in just one small raised garden bed. We cover lettuce ...

Have you ever thought about growing vegetables in containers? It's a great method when suitable land is not available, and it's also physically easier. That makes containers good for older vegetable ...

The annual awards showcase the best gardens in 6 categories: community plots, containers, home landscaping, native plants, ...

Seeds can be sown indoors from February in modules or straight into the container you will put outside, as long as you have the room. Choose a container that is not too deep – because lettuces only ...

A variety of romaine lettuce with speckles has piqued one reader's curiosity. Junior R. writes: It is that time of year when the seed catalogs arrive and I noticed there is a lettuce called “Trout’s ...

Plant sale: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 6, Columbia Hall, Fairgrounds New this year is a schedule of Saturday demonstrations. See list at bottom of story. After skipping last year, ...

A giant lime-green storage container parked behind Robbinsville Township’s Senior Center is not what I imagined I’d be looking at when I learned the town had a public garden. But that’s exactly what ...

There is nothing more satisfying for a vegetable gardener in mid-July than tossing together a salad for dinner with ingredients harvested just outside your back door. While cucumber, squashes, and the ...

We can grow some of our food inside our house here in winter. Lettuce and other greens are a good place to start. Some vegetables need the blazing hot sun of Michigan’s summer to produce nice food. A ...

Lester Finkbeiner, who lives near Ipswich, does container gardening, but don't think he's just growing plants in flowerpots. Finkbeiner grows everything in large containers, including old livestock ...