Edible Plants

From cherry tomatoes to butternut squash, you can grow a whole cornucopia right in your own backyard — if you know how. The Habitat takes you through the finer points of raising vegetables and fruits in your garden. Your grocery store days could be coming to an end!

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Whether gardening to you is planting flowers, growing vegetables, or pruning shrubs, The Habitat answers all your spade and soil questions!

Ornamental Plants

From flower beds to patio pots to hanging planters, decorative greenery and flowers can spruce up any yard and home and are often easy to care for.

Gardening

Gardening: a chance to get outdoors, dig in the dirt, and grow your own vegetables and flowers. Check out our tips!

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Whether your yard needs work or is already an oasis, we've got the best patio inspo and firepit plans — we'll help you elevate your time outside.

Landscaping

All the details on how to get rid of backyard pests, prune your shrubs, and choose the best plants for a gorgeous green outdoor space of any size.

Potatoes are an easy option for new and established gardeners alike. This FAQ will answer all your burning questions about cultivating them.

Late in the season, after toughening up your potato plants, it's time to reap the tuberous bounty you cultivated. Here's how to harvest your crop.

Potato plants

Shovel or spading fork

Storage container

Potatoes are easy to grow, but they can still face bugs and bacteria. Learn the main pests and diseases to watch out for, and how to deal with them.

Check out this helpful step&#x2d;by&#x2d;step guide to building your own potato tower. You'll be harvesting taters in no time!

Wire mesh

Wooden stake

Zip ties

Straw

Seed potatoes

Compost or manure

Peat moss

Soil

5 gallon bucket

Spade or shovel

Potatoes are delicious, nutritious, and easy to grow. These ten of hundreds of varieties are some of the most popular for gardeners around America.

Mugwort is a hardy herb with a legacy of beneficial properties. Often invasive, it's therefore easy to grow and has many uses.

Pumpkins are a classic crop that has been harvested for nearly 5,000 years. Native Americans used the pulp, seeds, and flowers for food and medicine.

Sunflowers are attractive, are fairly easy to grow year&#x2d;round, and produce delicious seeds for harvest. Try planting these beauties next season.

If you're a fan of the sugar alternative, why not try planting your very own stevia plants? Harvest the leaves to make a natural sweetener!

Figs are one of the oldest fruits consumed by humans, and they remain popular in orchards and backyards to this day.

An ancient staple, corn remains the most widely grown crop in the Americas, with millions of metric tons grown each year.

Horseradish has been grown for food and medicine since ancient times. This hardy root vegetable is fairly easy to cultivate at home.

Your Grow-To FAQ for Planting Potatoes

How To Harvest Your Potato Crop

Identify and Deal With Potato Pests and Diseases

How to Build Your Own Potato Tower

Popular Potato Varieties and How to Grow Them

How to Grow Mugwort or Artemisia Vulgaris

Your Go-To Guide For Growing Pumpkins

Sunflowers: Your Guide for Planting, Growing, and Harvesting

How to Care for Your Own Stevia Plant

The Home Gardener's Guide to Growing Figs

Growing and Harvesting Your Corn Crop

Growing Your Own Horseradish Plants