The naturalistic style of chaos gardening lends itself to a more relaxed approach where it's fine to mix ornamental edible plants in with flowers. In fact, it's actively encouraged to get the most out ...

Nasturtiums can also be used to suppress weeds and control pests on melon vines, but that’s not the only reason to try out ...

Edible plants, including leafy greens, non-leafy vegetables, and fruits, may become contaminated at various stages from cultivation to consumption. While some studies have documented the presence ...

The earliest spring vegetables include two delightful salad greens: corn salad (mâche) and chervil. They already look ...

Lucky for us, in the spirit of Appalachian ingenuity, there is at least one kind of briar that you can eat (mules don’t have ...

Choose a planting site for rhubarb which receives a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight, free from the shade of trees or buildings. Since rhubarb is a perennial, it should be planted to one side ...

Plenty of edible plants are also ornamental, with attractive flowers or foliage; herbs are perfect examples of this, and rainbow chard has fabulously coloured leaves and stems and can be scattered ...

Peas are commonly green, but there are also yellow and purple variations. They grow inside small casings called pods. Peas ...

Sting (Thuja occidentalis) was bred by Tim Wood, a prolific plant breeder who has introduced numerous popular plants over the years. Sting has a mature height of 4.6-6.1 metres and an impossibly ...

Gardeners have a few weeks to get container fruits, vegetables and herbs growing in time for a summer harvest.

Genetic changes that can increase the yield of one crop don’t necessarily work for others, even if they’re close relatives.