Backyard Gardening

You don’t need a big plot of land to grow your own food. Whether you’ve got raised beds, patio containers, or a backyard that’s slowly turning into a jungle of veggies, you’re in the right place. These gardening tips and DIYs are all about helping you grow what you can—right where you are—and feel confident doing it.

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A row of vibrant houseplants, including pothos, dieffenbachia, snake plant, and monstera, in matching pots on a black shelf with a white watering can.

Backyard Gardening

How to Keep Houseplants Healthy: A Green Thumb Guide

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Backyard Gardening

7 Natural Garden Pest Control Tricks That Actually Work Fast

A close-up of a hand holding orange-tinted hybrid vegetable seeds, ready for storage or planting.

Backyard Gardening

What Happens When You Save Seeds from Hybrid Plants?

Close-up of a clean, empty seed starting tray with multiple planting cells, ready for use.

Backyard Gardening

The Right Way to Clean Seed Trays (Stop Killing Seedlings)

Indoor or Outdoor? How to Choose the Best Way to Start Seeds

Backyard Gardening

Indoor or Outdoor? How to Choose the Best Way to Start Seeds

Young pepper seedlings growing in small pots, showing vibrant green leaves and healthy growth.

Backyard Gardening

Grow Peppers from Seed with These Easy Tips

A gardener holding three potted tomato seedlings in biodegradable pots, ready for planting.

Backyard Gardening

Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Tomatoes from Seed

Close-up of healthy green vegetable seedlings growing in a seed tray filled with rich soil.

Backyard Gardening

How to Create the Perfect Soil for Vegetable Seedlings

Close-up of sprouted vegetable seeds in biodegradable peat pellets, ready for transplanting.

Backyard Gardening

What Vegetable Seeds Need to Sprout Successfully

A variety of vegetable seeds, including pumpkin, flax, and sesame, scattered on a light surface.

Backyard Gardening

Seed Germination: Stratification and Scarification Explained

A variety of seedlings growing in containers surrounded by soil, twine, and a small garden trowel.

Backyard Gardening

Testing Old Vegetable Seeds for Viability Before Planting

A cluster of unripe green tomatoes growing on a vine supported by a wooden stake.

Backyard Gardening

How to Choose the Right Plant Seeds for Your Growing Zone

Close-up of young seedlings with elongated stems, demonstrating the common issue of leggy growth.

Backyard Gardening

How to Prevent Leggy Seedlings and Grow Strong Plants

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Backyard Gardening

What to Forage in Maine and Where to Find It

A small pot filled with seed packets featuring colorful vegetables like radishes and carrots.

Backyard Gardening

The 7 Easiest Vegetables to Start from Seed for Beginners

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Backyard Gardening

Cold Climate Gardening Tips for Maine’s Short Growing Season

A monarch butterfly resting on pink swamp milkweed flowers in a sunlit garden.

Backyard Gardening

How to Grow Monarch Butterflies with a Homestead Garden

A row of potted indoor plants basking in natural sunlight on a windowsill, featuring vibrant green herbs and succulents.

Backyard Gardening

Indoor Gardening Benefits: 10 Reasons to Grow Plants Indoors

Close-up of young seedlings sprouting in seed-starting soil with soft sunlight streaming in. The seedlings have delicate green leaves and thin stems, surrounded by small containers in the background.

Backyard Gardening

How to Stop Mold in Seed Starting Mix (Before It Starts)

Seedlings sprouting under an LED grow light.

Backyard Gardening

Can You Start Your Seedlings with LED Lights?

Seedlings planted in the greenhouse.

Backyard Gardening

How Many Seedlings You Need for a Prosperous Garden

An herbal spiral made from rocks and filled with fresh herbs.

Backyard Gardening

How to Choose the Ideal Location for Your Herbal Spiral Garden

Lemongrass growing in the garden.

Backyard Gardening

Tips On How to Grow Lemongrass in Your Own Backyard

A small vegetable garden in the backyard.

Backyard Gardening

How to Start a Garden in Your Yard, No Matter the Space or Soil

A closeup of green beans in the garden.

Backyard Gardening · In the Kitchen

How to Harvest Green Beans & How to Preserve Them

Picking a large heirloom tomato off the vine.

Backyard Gardening · In the Kitchen

The Best Time to Pick Tomatoes + Simple Ways to Preserve Them

Broccoli growing in a back to eden garden.

Backyard Gardening

Fertilizing a Back to Eden Garden + Nitrogen Binding Explained

A brown tail moth nest covered with caterpillars.

Backyard Gardening

Conquer the Brown Tail Moth: Tips to Combat Invasive Species

A homemade garden trellis using string and pipe supporting tomato plants.

Backyard Gardening

8 Low-Cost & No-Cost Garden Trellis Ideas for Vining Foods and Flowers

Vegetables growing in three galvanized planters made from animal feed bins.

Backyard Gardening

How To Make Galvanized Planters: A Simple 3-Step Guide

Rhubarb growing in damaged soil.

Backyard Gardening

Repairing Damaged Soil: Tips & Strategies for a Lush Garden

A basket of homegrown food.

Backyard Gardening

An Unexpected Use for SNAP: Buy Seeds with Food Stamps

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Backyard Gardening · Simple Living Skills

How Easily to Make a Harvest Apron or Gathering Apron

A collage of unique planters for container gardening.

Backyard Gardening

Container Gardening with Fun Planters to Suit Your Style

The 15 Easiest Vegetables for Lazy Gardeners to Grow

Backyard Gardening

The 15 Easiest Vegetables for Lazy Gardeners to Grow

A toilet filled with marigolds sitting in a field.

Backyard Gardening

Should You Pee On Your Compost? Urine in the Garden: Beneficial or Not

Sage: A Culinary & Medicinal Herb [+ Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe]

Backyard Gardening

Sage: A Culinary & Medicinal Herb [+ Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe]

A Guide to Homemade Leaf Mold: Nature’s Free Compost

Backyard Gardening

A Guide to Homemade Leaf Mold: Nature’s Free Compost

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Backyard Gardening

How To Prepare Your Garden For Winter: An 8-Step Guide

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Backyard Gardening

Winter Sowing: The Easiest Way to Start Seeds in Cold Weather

A Hardening Off & Transplanting Guide

Backyard Gardening

A Hardening Off & Transplanting Guide

Weeding & Fungi in Your Back to Eden Garden

Backyard Gardening

Weeding & Fungi in Your Back to Eden Garden