Looking for veggies to plant in your garden this year? Check out these farmer-recommended, low-effort, high-reward varieties.

Growing up on a farm, I thought everyone had an acre or two set aside as a vegetable garden. It wasn't until I owned my first home that I was faced with starting a garden from scratch in a different ...

If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what's local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don't travel as far. It doesn't ...

Vegetable farming has become harder since the 1980s, according to Maryellen Sheehan of Hartwood Farm. She runs a CSA operation in Chittenango, New York, and has spent the past 10 years fine-tuning her ...

MEREDITH ― Anyone wanting to grow some of their own food or have their home or yard look better will find something of ...

How much food can you grow on a quarter acre? A lot more than you might think, as newbie farmer Jess Herlein discovered this summer. After five years of tending her backyard garden in Lancaster city, ...

If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what’s local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don’t travel as far. It doesn’t ...