Patchwork: A fiesta of color in the garden and the kitchen

The vegetable garden, once orderly and under control, has gone wild. Sorrel’s yellow flowers, and a rainbow of yellow, red and pink chard line the path to my studio. Blue bachelor buttons have folded in with the blue-green fronds of lacinato kale and the emerald green of ripening peppers.

Revamping your urban garden

Are you stuck in the middle of urban chaos? By creating a divine green space, you can take refuge from the world outside. You'll also find that revamping your urban courtyard will help boost your spirits all year long. Whether you choose a vegetable garden or a Zen garden, a bountiful green courtyard is the perfect cure for the urban blues. Your signature space style Now that you know it's ...

Vallejo Garden Tour organizers look to showcase homegrown talent

One year, the tour featured gardens with an Asian theme, and another year, English gardens with music wafting through rose bushes and orange trees.The Vallejo Garden Tour is an annual spring display of private plantings, but the event takes all year to produce and

UA engineers build lunar vegetable garden

TUCSON - University of Arizona researchers are demonstrating that plants from Earth could be grown without soil on the moon or Mars, setting the table for astronauts who would find potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables awaiting their arrival.

You Can’t Do That Online

A piece in The New York Times Home & Garden section got a little bit meta on Wednesday. Anne Raver wrote the first-person piece about how to grow a vegetable and fruit garden in the Fall without resorting to chemicals.