We joked that the first words out of our children’s mouths would be “Hortonova trellis” because the amount of gardening talk ...

Conventional gardening wisdom says you should pinch off the suckers that grow between the main tomato stem and the leaves of indeterminate (vining) tomato plants to encourage bigger fruit and more ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

As you hone your gardening skills, plant spacing and seed starting aren't the only things you need to learn. If you decide to grow trailing or vining plants, it's important to know what trellis you ...

Plants don’t wait politely. They stretch, climb, sprawl, and take over anything within reach, turning a tidy garden into a tangled mess in record time. That wild energy looks beautiful, but without ...

Tom Miner harvests green beans in the rooftop garden at the Hammond Street Senior Center in Bangor in August 2015. Credit: Gabor Degre / BDN This story was originally published in June 2021. For ...