Vegetable Gardening Blog

Peppers are one of the best vegetables for hot-climate gardens. Unlike tomatoes that shut down in extreme heat, many pepper varieties thrive when temperatures soar. Here's everything you need to know about growing incredible peppers in Zones 8–10.

Raised beds are the fastest path to a productive vegetable garden, especially if you're dealing with poor soil, limited space, or physical limitations. Here's everything you need to know to build, fill, plant, and maintain raised beds that produce abundant food.

Florida gardening follows different rules than the rest of the country. Summer isn't your best growing season — winter is. Here's a complete guide to the best vegetables for Florida gardens, with planting dates for North, Central, and South Florida.

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.