Growing eggplant is easy where summers are long and warm. Where summers are short, varieties that mature quickly and produce medium to small fruits can easily be grown in containers. If you grow ...

Eggplant is one of the most versatile vegetables in the home garden. The fruit can be steamed, baked, fried, grilled, boiled, sauteed, breaded and stuffed. Believed to be native to India, eggplant is ...

They come from all over, and it shows. There's 'Kauai Mystery,' 'Thai Yellow Egg,' 'Rosita' and 'Brazilian Oval Orange.' Then let your color meter picture 'Pandora Striped Rose,' 'Violette di Firenze, ...

Container gardening is one way to stay in the gardening game while the soil dries out. It gives you freedom and flexibility. No space, poor soil, just a beginning gardener? Containers are for you.

All hope isn’t lost for aspiring farmers who lack an abundance of green space. Potted gardens and containers can fill in the gaps for beginners, people with mobility issues and those who don’t have ...

Q: I just wanted to tell you how much we enjoy your writing. We are new condo owners and are looking to get into container gardening, but it would have to be on a very small scale, as the balcony we ...

Vegetable growing is soaring in popularity. Whether you are interested in an edible landscape or a plain old vegetable garden, you will want to try the award-winning Slim Jim eggplant. Slim Jim ...

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