While it’s hard to imagine on a cold January day, there may come a time when you look at your vegetable garden and wonder what possessed you to plant so much. Tomatoes pile up on the counter, green beans are eaten at every meal and your neighbors warn that they will not take any more …

It’s that time of year when we’re buried in tomatoes, cucumber and green beans – yea! But how can we preserve produce flavor and vitamins for the future. Preserving the harvest was a popular topic in hort society publications over the years. Here are some great tips from the past: Fresh is best whether you…

Each year, plant breeders introduce dozens (maybe hundreds) of varieties of new plants. Some plants end up being garden all-stars — others not so much. Some plants are put through their paces through plant trials run by All-America Selections (AAS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to testing new plants and telling consumers about which ones did…