Vegetable Gardening Blog

Spring means something completely different depending on where you live. A Zone 4 gardener is still watching snow melt when a Zone 9 gardener is harvesting tomatoes. Here's your spring vegetable garden checklist, customized for every major USDA zone.

Most Southeast gardeners pack it in after summer. That's like leaving a baseball game in the fifth inning — you're missing the best part.

Everyone in the South grows tomatoes. Almost nobody is happy about how it goes in July. Here's how to fix that.

Spring in the Southeast doesn't arrive — it lurches. One week it's 75°F and you're in shorts. The next week there's frost on your windshield.

Your neighbor's garden looks like a salad bar in May and a crime scene by August. That's not bad luck — it's bad variety selection.

You moved to the Southeast thinking the long growing season meant easy gardening. Then your tomatoes fried in July and your fall broccoli bolted before Thanksgiving.

If you think the gardening season ends when summer scorches your tomato plants, you're missing the best half. Fall gardening in Texas is easier, more productive, and — honestly — more enjoyable than spring. Here's your complete guide.

Tomatoes are the reason most people start a vegetable garden. They're also the crop most likely to break your heart in Texas. The heat, the humidity, the diseases — it's a lot. But Texans have been growing incredible tomatoes for generations, and so can you.

Spring in Texas lasts about six weeks — if you're lucky. That narrow window between 'still freezing' and 'already 95°F' is where your best gardening happens. Here's how to make every day count.

It's July in Texas, your tomato plants look like they've given up on life, and you're wondering why you even bother. Good news: plenty of vegetables actually love this heat. You just need to pick the right ones.