Grow food you can actually eat. Edible gardening guides for vegetables, fruit, and herbs from seed to harvest, with sowing dates, spacing, watering, and tips for a bigger, tastier crop in beds, rows, or containers.
A blueberry plant can fruit for over 50 years once you fix one thing, acidic soil. Learn to test and adjust pH, pick a variety, plant, water, and prune.
A blackberry bush rewards you with pounds of sweet-tart berries, but its two-year cane cycle confuses beginners. Learn to plant, prune, and harvest right.
Black diamond watermelon is the giant old-fashioned heirloom that hits 30-50 lbs of sweet red flesh. Learn to plant, water, feed, and pick it perfectly ripe.
Bay leaf from a store fades fast, but a home bay laurel gives potent leaves for decades. Learn to grow, overwinter, prune, and dry your own true bay safely.
A bell pepper plant needs heat, even moisture, and the right nitrogen balance to fruit. Learn to start seeds, transplant, fix flower drop, and harvest.
A banana tree looks tropical and tricky, but it is really a giant herb that is easy to grow. Learn how to plant, feed, fruit, and overwinter one anywhere.
Bamboo shoots are a crisp spring crop you can grow yourself, but fresh shoots must be peeled and boiled to be safe. Learn the best species, harvest, and cook.
Banana plant care confuses gardeners: this giant herb is grown for tropical fruit in warm zones or as fast, bold foliage almost anywhere, even cold ones.
Most avocado tree owners never see fruit, undone by the wrong variety, no pollinator partner, or soggy roots. Here is how to grow one that produces.
An artichoke plant gives edible buds and bold foliage, but the wrong variety or a skipped cold spell means no harvest. Learn to grow them right.
An apricot tree blooms so early that one late frost can wipe out the crop. Learn how to plant, prune, protect, and harvest apricots for years of sweet fruit.
With thousands of apple varieties out there, the right pick is tricky. This guide sorts them by kitchen use and helps growers choose a tree that fruits.