How to Use Strawberries
Buying strawberries or picking them at a strawberry patch? Here’s what you should know about how to use strawberries.
4 Healthy Benefits of Eating Garden-Fresh Produce
Reasons to eat fresh fruit and vegetables from your garden or local farm include phytochemicals, increased energy and reduced weight gain.
3 Facts About Avocados (and 3 Tasty Avocado Recipes)
Find facts about avocados, including nutrition information, how to pick out an avocado and how to keep them from turning brown, along with three tasty avocado recipes.
10 Facts About Asparagus
Find asparagus cooking tips, how to pick it out at the grocery store, health benefits and fun facts about these nutrient-rich spring spears.
Get in the Gardening Zone With New USDA Plant Hardiness Map
If you haven’t heard, one of the biggest items in gardening news lately is the unveiling of the new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Plant Hardiness Zone Map.
Gardening Tip: Know Your Roots
Our gardening expert identifies plants with shallow, medium and deep roots to help with interplanting flowers, fruits and vegetables in your garden.
Preserving Berries: How to Freeze Fresh Fruit
Summer berries come just once a year, but freezing strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries is a great way to preserve these fruits for any season.
How to Make Buttermilk From Milk
Forgot to buy buttermilk? Here’s an easy substitution for buttermilk using regular milk and another ingredient you probably have on hand.







