"In truth," Mastaler says, "fall offers a second chance to grow food, often with fewer pests, more manageable temperatures, and better-tasting greens." Plus, there's more room to experiment in the ...

Many people think of spring as the best time to plant vegetables, but if you ask rooftop gardener James Mastaler, fall is actually the perfect time to start! “Fall is a surprisingly wonderful time to ...

With the first frost quickly approaching in many regions, some gardeners think that fall signals the end of the gardening season. You may be happy to know that it's far from true. What you can plant ...

Even in September, it's not too late to get vegetables in the ground for a fall harvest. You can enjoy lettuce, beets, carrots, and other mouth-watering vegetables this autumn—even if you didn't get a ...

As the days get shorter and the air turns crisp, you might think your gardening days are over for the year. But late fall can be a great time to plant certain vegetables that thrive in cooler weather ...

The transition to fall happens now, though the heat will linger for a while. Days grow noticeably shorter and nights a bit cooler. I’m always sad to say goodbye to summer and dinners eaten on the ...

It’s about to happen: That one morning in the third or fourth week of October, when you wake up and the air feels different — cool, maybe a bit damp … and you know fall is here. • Cut melons when the ...

Tom Mashour and Joellen Dimond discuss winterizing your vegetable and ornamentals gardens. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Master Gardener Tom Mashour discusses how to ...

Can you grow vegetables indoors? Sprawling pumpkin vines and trailing cucumber plants may be too large for indoor growing, ...

It’s that time of year — vegetables are being harvested in local gardens and it serves as an inspiration to many. Thinking about the joy of growing dinner in your own garden? Think it’s too late? Have ...

Here are five things to do in the garden: Thyme. Thyme is the most cold-hardy herb and is therefore suitable for the fall and winter garden. Even if it should die back in a hard freeze, it will regrow ...