When the VegHeadz started a perennial edible garden at the University of Florida/IFAS Leon County Extension Office, we really didn’t know what to expect. We would get a cutting here, a rhizome there, ...

Q: When and how would I plant edible ginger? Does it need a chilling spell like garlic? — M.K., Houston A: We can grow culinary gingers from firm, healthy rhizomes bought at the grocery store. Plant ...

Commonly known as ginger root, ginger is actually a flowering plant with bamboo-like stalks and leaves. Flowering stalks emerge from the rhizomes, reaching 1 foot in height with yellow and purple ...

It is possible to grow edible native plants in your yard without angering your neighbors and violating the rules of your HOA, ...

Growing your own food is cheap, sustainable and having the plants around spruces up even the dreariest room. Here are 11 edible plants that are super easy to grow inside or outside, in cities and ...

I enjoy seeing residents grow some of their own food. It can be as small as growing a tomato plant on their balcony or as big as growing five acres of fruit trees. The amount of food grown doesn’t ...

Ginger is an ideal plant for shady, damp areas of the landscape. You may be surprised to find it has many uses besides being a landscape filler. In a culinary sense you know ginger root, but did you ...

Last week I wrote about growing Swiss chard since everyone is spending more time at home. I will continue with that theme, because you can pick up three edible plants to grow while grocery shopping.

On a mild spring afternoon, naturalist Lisa Sanchez identified more than a dozen wild edible plants growing within 200 yards of the Shuts Environmental Library in Lancaster County Central Park. She ...

Looking for a way to save on food bills? Last week, we explored fruit trees so this week let’s consider vegetables, herbs and spices. For many mainland folks, June is full on gardening. However, this ...