Gardening Archives

Stevia: How to Grow It and Extract the Sweetener

Stevia is a natural sweetener that has popped up in both community gardens and homesteads alike. Here’s how to grow and extract it.

Raised bed gardening in a highly versatile form of growing crops in both small and large places, and it’s become very popular.

There are certain vegetables that can be sown in the winter to get a head start before the growing season starts. Here are five.

Foraging for wild edibles is hard enough already, but in winter it’s a real challenge. Fortunately, some plants will surprise you.

Growing medicinal herbs in your home can help you create an all-natural apothecary that will be ready anytime you need healing.

While spring and summer are busy times for gardeners, you may be surprised to learn there is still plenty to do during the winter months.

Turmeric can be used in many different ways to help prevent and treat both internal and external health problems.

You may think planting a fruit tree is as simple as digging a hole, dropping a seed in, and covering it, but there’s more to it than that.

Even if you have a very shady space, you can still grow lots of herbs with medicinal benefits. There are many herbs that grow well in shade.

There are a few plants you should not grow in your yard if you want to keep the rest of the yard healthy. Avoid these 10 plants.