Northwestern State University Elementary Lab School is teaching kindergarten students about seeds, vegetables, and how they ...

THERE’S few things more lovely than a sweetpea in bloom. Especially if they’re filled with fragrance and happily climbing ...

Pulses are the dried edible seeds of legumes and make a great addition to any food garden. They include beans, peas, and ...

The middle of March is the time to start growing cool season crops such as peas, sweet peas, lettuce, radishes, cabbage, kale ...

Lettuce, spinach, kale, cabbage and peas can be planted now. If you want to grow them from seed, start them in a sunny window ...

St. Patrick’s Day for gardeners is considered the beginning of the vegetable planting season. Irish potatoes can be planted now. Asparagus and rhubarb are the two perennial vegetables to get ...

They’re easy to grow as well. Most are climbers, which can be trained up teepees of canes, but you can also buy dwarf varieties for pots and baskets. It's best to sow the seeds in October for planting ...

In some gardening circles, a gardener’s skill is measured by how soon he or she gets the first mess of shelling peas on the table. Peas are a good choice for such competition, because raising a good ...

Annual plants are those which grow, flower, and set seed and die all in one year. They are synonymous with summer – think of ...

Convinced? Expert gardener and BBC presenter Monty Don advises April is the best time to begin sewing the seeds. He writes in his blog: “The time to plant out sweet peas into the garden is mid ...