With summer winding down, it’s easy to think gardening season is coming to an end. But don’t put your tools away just yet!

Think ahead to cool fall days when leafy greens and root vegetables will be ready to harvest just in time for soups and stews ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. government has updated its map of plant hardiness zones for the first time in more than a decade.

Key Takeaways Plant flower bulbs at least six to eight weeks before your region's average first frost date, which is as early ...

Its 2025 Gardening Outlook Study, conducted in November 2024, found that about 40% expected to spend more money gardening and slightly more than that expect to spend more time gardening.

For gardening buffs, there's "lots of soil prep, seed prep, pruning, and tool prep this time of year," Boyer said. As you get to it, remember to take into account where you live.

The USDA’s hardiness map gets very specific, but it’s still a crude tool for determining the exact climate conditions in your garden. Your yard might be more or less exposed to the elements ...

Annual crops, such as tomatoes, corn, and lettuce, cover a significant portion of our plates and farmland acres. However, the constant work of planting and harvesting can be time-consuming and tiring.

Different types of vegetables will need different planting schedules, so it’s good to look at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant Hardiness Zones to determine what is in season.

Those zones are further divided into 5-degee subzones. In Michigan the hardiness zones range from 4 to 6. You probably want to consider hardiness zones when purchasing your landscape plants.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map. It shows that most of Middle Tennessee is now in zone "7b" instead of "7a." ...