Arizona

Pruning your pepper plants is essential to keep them healthy and productive for many years if you live in a mild-winter climate.

Learn how to grow mint outside, inside, and in containers with these 5 tips. 

Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) are easy to grow, attract pollinators, come back year after year, and taste delicious.

Transform your cool-loving winter garden beds into a haven for warm-season vegetables with these 10 steps for a successful spring garden in Arizona.

Believe it or not, you can learn how to grow sesame seeds. Homegrown sesame is flavorful and simple to grow, especially in hot climates.

This post lists my favorite crop varieties; the vegetables, herbs, and flowers I grow that are standouts and perform well season after season. 

Many flowers grow well from seeds planted directly in the garden. In this post, I’ll share my favorite cool-season flowers to plant from seed.

Having a self-sufficient garden means that if I foster it, the garden provides much of what is needed for it to continue thriving from year to year.

The easiest fall flowers to grow in Arizona are simple to plant and care for and bloom through spring in flower beds or containers.

Learn how to grow verbena; it’s easy to grow, heat and drought-tolerant, and it attracts beneficial insects, butterflies, and hummingbirds.