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Fresh scallion seedlings emerging in a seed-starting tray

How to Grow Scallions from Seed: Sowing, Care, ...

One of spring’s quietly satisfying sights is a row of slender green shoots pushing through the soil. Scallions are a practical crop for small beds and containers, and starting them...

How to Grow Scallions from Seed: Sowing, Care, ...

One of spring’s quietly satisfying sights is a row of slender green shoots pushing through the soil. Scallions are a practical crop for small beds and containers, and starting them...

Egyptian walking onions with heavy topset clusters bending toward the garden soil

Egyptian Walking Onions: How to Plant, Grow, an...

In a perennial garden, Egyptian walking onions are a crop that keeps giving, and sometimes keeps moving. Their unusual stalks carry small clusters of bulbils instead of typical onion flowers....

Egyptian Walking Onions: How to Plant, Grow, an...

In a perennial garden, Egyptian walking onions are a crop that keeps giving, and sometimes keeps moving. Their unusual stalks carry small clusters of bulbils instead of typical onion flowers....

Luffa vines covering a wire trellis along a garden path

How to Grow Luffa: From Seed to Homegrown Sponge

When we grow luffa, the calendar matters as much as the seed. This warm-season vine needs plenty of sun and a long stretch of frost-free weather to turn its green...

How to Grow Luffa: From Seed to Homegrown Sponge

When we grow luffa, the calendar matters as much as the seed. This warm-season vine needs plenty of sun and a long stretch of frost-free weather to turn its green...

Curled garlic scapes rising above hardneck garlic leaves in a spring garden

Garlic Scapes: When to Cut Them, Why It Matters...

In late spring or early summer, a hardneck garlic bed can send up a surprise: green stems curling like little corkscrews above the leaves. Those are garlic scapes, and they’re...

Garlic Scapes: When to Cut Them, Why It Matters...

In late spring or early summer, a hardneck garlic bed can send up a surprise: green stems curling like little corkscrews above the leaves. Those are garlic scapes, and they’re...

Gardener draping frost cloth over a raised vegetable bed at dusk

How to Protect Plants from Frost: 8 Ways to Sav...

In my years of tending vegetable gardens through unpredictable springs and autumns, I have learned that frost protection is often decided by a few simple actions taken before sunset. One...

How to Protect Plants from Frost: 8 Ways to Sav...

In my years of tending vegetable gardens through unpredictable springs and autumns, I have learned that frost protection is often decided by a few simple actions taken before sunset. One...

Elongated Napa cabbage heads forming in an autumn garden bed

How to Grow Napa Cabbage: Heads, Bolting, and t...

Napa cabbage has a different rhythm from familiar round-head cabbage. It forms an elongated, tightly packed head, prefers cool weather, and can bolt if spring cold is followed by warmth....

How to Grow Napa Cabbage: Heads, Bolting, and t...

Napa cabbage has a different rhythm from familiar round-head cabbage. It forms an elongated, tightly packed head, prefers cool weather, and can bolt if spring cold is followed by warmth....