Sun-ripened tomatoes are the result of thousands of pollen grains moving at just the right time to pollinate flowers. All types of tomatoes—from beefsteaks that are larger than your hand to bite-size ...

Pollinating tomatoes by hand can ensure that more fruit develops. Though tomatoes self-pollinate, indoor or sheltered plants may require hand-pollination for fruit production. Hand-pollinate when ...

Your favorite summer fruit grown simply in your own garden.

Three ripe zucchinis hanging off a zucchini plant in a garden - Nicole Piepgras/Shutterstock Zucchini is one of the best vegetables for home gardens. Not only is it delicious, it's also relatively ...

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - There’s a lot of buzz about pollinators this week, and the Laurel Housing Authority partnered with the Laurel Garden Club to put on the “Gardening for Pollinators and People ...

How does plant breeding support organic farming? Students are developing new crops that help organic farmers grow healthy, ...

Gardening advice from an urban horticulturist emeritus with the University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service ...

With nearly 100,000 varieties available, daylilies produce large, colourful blooms that instantly brighten borders, flower beds and cottage gardens. These ornamental onions create huge purple ...

Caterpillars provide more energy from plants to animals than any other insect. Our native solitary bees pollinate native flowering plants, which maintains plant diversity - they need help, too. 5% of ...