Extend your edible harvests by planting fast-growing and cold-hardy vegetables right now. Qwart / Getty Images It may feel like the garden is winding down as summer days grow shorter, but it doesn ...

Planting them into the blazing sun is even more stress. A stretch of overcast days is the perfect planting time. If that's not an option, plant at twilight to give your plants a night to adjust.

Although you might think that July is too late to plant seeds and seedlings, the month offers excellent opportunities for gardeners looking to extend their growing season. July is a crucial time for ...

It’s Not Too Late to Plant These Summer Fruits and Vegetables You can still get summer staples like tomatoes, peppers, corn, and lettuce in your garden—if you act fast.

Summer here in zone 8b is quite different from someone gardening in zone 4. Soil temperature as well as humidity and intensity of summer heat all play a factor in what grows well in everyone’s area.

You can, of course, also plant those vegetables that in our part of the world may be grown 12 months of the year, namely lettuces and other greens, Swiss chard, turnips, radishes, beets, and carrots.

Late summer can be a great time to plant fall vegetables. The shorter days and cooler temperatures are perfect for planting leafy greens, cabbage, broccoli and root vegetables.

BOISE, Idaho — If you haven't gotten around to planting your vegetable garden yet, it's not too late. You can plant crops of vegetables and flowers, even in the heat of summer, that will grow ...

If your zucchini vines haven’t succumbed to insects, you might be spending time searching for ways to process all the summer squash. Farmers’ markets are full of garlic, potatoes, and local ...

It may feel like the garden is winding down as summer days grow shorter, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. Planting vegetables in late summer can set you up for a wonderful autumn ...