Plants & Gardens Blog

You can compost and grow vegetables in one simple wooden frame. Layer clippings, leaves, and other materials in the fall, and by spring you'll have a healthy growing medium for tomatoes, peppers, and more. Read › Make a Lasagna Garden in a Raised Bed

If you’ve got access to an outdoor space with some direct sunlight you can create a small herb garden. Here's how to start one from scratch or expand from established plants Read › Starting an Herb Garden in a Small Outdoor Space

Fig trees are native to the Mediterranean region, but they are beloved by Brooklyn gardeners. Learn how to protect them through a New York City winter. Read › How to Wrap a Fig Tree to Protect It for the Winter

A cold frame is like a bottomless, mini-greenhouse that you place on your garden plot in the fall to protect vegetables after the frost date. Learn how to make and use one. Read › Use a Cold Frame to Grow Vegetables in Early Spring or Late Fall

In Eastern cuisine, daylilies are a prized staple. Here, they're enjoyed mostly for their rampant beauty along roadsides.Try them in this tasty recipe! Read › Eat Local: Daylily Fritters

Go beyond pansies and nasturtiums, and you'll find edible flowers in an array of colors, flavors, and textures. Read › Eat Local: How to Use Edible Flowers

Microgreens are nutritious, flavorful, and easy to grow. Learn how to grow them and use them in a delicious buttermilk beet salad. Read › Eat Local: Grow Microgreens on Your Windowsill and Use Them in this Salad

Save the seeds from your favorite tomatoes and grow the next generation next year! Read › Saving Tomato Seeds

Raising your own tomatoes from seed gives you a much, much, broader selection of varieties. You'll want to start in the spring—here's what you need to know. Read › Starting Tomatoes from Seed

Learn how to create an upcycled container filled a variety of tasty herbs or greens on your windowsill. Read › Grow Greens and Herbs Indoors on a Windowsill