Vegetable Gardening Blog

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.

Texas spans four USDA hardiness zones and over 800 miles north to south. A planting date that works in Amarillo will get your seedlings killed in San Antonio — and vice versa. Here's how to get your timing right.

Ninety frost-free days sounds like a prison sentence for your garden. It's actually plenty — if you plan like it matters.

Colorado gives you 300 days of sunshine and about 90 of them without frost. Choose your vegetables accordingly.

Gardening above 5,000 feet means dealing with physics that actively work against your tomatoes.