An autumn display of mums, straw bales, pumpkin and ornamental squash dress up this landscape. Courtesy Melinda Myers. Cooler temperatures ...

Our fading summer leaves introduce us to colors of orange, brown and yellow, but demanding our attention are the bright orange pumpkins ...

Order Seeds Early One of the most important tips for growing plants from seed has to do with timing. Seed companies get busy in winter and early spring as they fill orders on a first-come, first-serve ...

Parsnips, celeriac, squash, Swiss chard and purple sprouting broccoli are happy to overwinter outdoors or wait out the colder ...

Butternut squash is ready to harvest in the fall. Here's how to know when it's ripe to pick from the garden, store and cure ...

Every gardener dreams of a bountiful harvest, a reward for the weeks and months of careful planting, watering, and weeding.

Winter squash are not actually cool season vegetables, but are warm season vegetables that grew last summer to harvest this ...

Saving seeds doesn’t just stretch the gardening budget. It allows gardeners to carry forward the very traits that worked so ...