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Imagine discovering blocks of front yard food gardens right around the corner. Thanks to the artists and market gardeners of The Black Radish, there’s a…
Ed. note: This article supplements a larger feature on community gardening in the Fall 2025 issue of Northern Gardener. Learn more about how you may…
Snow is swirling, temps are far below freezing and the dormant garden is sleeping peacefully. This can only mean one thing: irrepressible gardeners in the…
Growing vegetables in containers is fun and easy, as long as you have three elements working together: container size, proper light and good potting soil….
Dealing with plant-wrecking pests can be frustrating and difficult, especially when trying to garden organically. Balancing desires to support the local ecosystem and beneficial insects…
Growing ornamental, blooming plants alongside fruits and vegetables offers many benefits, and it’s fun! The term “companion planting” is defined by WebMD as “the practice…
It’s tomato season! Delicious tomatoes, sun-ripened and fresh from the vine—what’s better than that? Of course, any gardening endeavor produces questions, and you may be…
Summers are short here in the North, and we obviously want to maximize our garden harvest as much as we can. That’s easy if you…
“I believe more fruit and vegetables are lost every year through improper storage than through any other cause,” wrote F.B.McLeran of Wrenshall in 1907. To…
It’s simple, really. I prefer the easy road. Grab a carrot, a couple potatoes, maybe an onion or garlic and cook a simple family dinner….
Here are step-by-step instructions on how to build a compost pile from the archives of Northern Gardener magazine.
Lessons and activities are a fun way to engage students with a school garden. We’ve included some resources to check out for ideas below. Youth…
One of the joys of growing your own food is the perennial opportunity to push the growing season and try new things, even those that…
It looks like fall is finally coming in, and that means it will soon be time to store squash for winter. Depending on the variety,…
Salads are a favorite meal in our home, which made growing lettuce a priority when space was carved out for a vegetable garden. It quickly…
If you check out seed catalogs and plant websites lately, you may notice that vegetables are shrinking. Not all vegetables, of course, but more and…
Updated July 2025 With heat, humidity and occasional rains, many gardens will be exploding by early July. Fortunately, we gardeners can enjoy them with a…
As the first part of the vegetable garden season winds down, harvest holes may start appearing in your garden. These are the spots where you…
For vegetable gardeners on mature lots, deciding what to plant can be tricky. Most vegetables need a minimum of six to eight hours of…
With many garden crops ripening two or more weeks later than usual, the frenzy of preserving and storing has moved from August into September this…
Updated May 2025 What’s growing in your vegetable garden these days? How about trying something different—maybe Chinese cabbage or pak choi, spicy mustard greens or…
By carefully choosing which crops and varieties you grow in your vegetable garden, it’s possible to extend the growing season several weeks in the North….
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