DANVILLE, VIRGINIA (September 15, 2025) — The fourth annual Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Summit East welcomed 260 attendees from 34 U.S. states and 8 countries — including Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Uganda — to the Institute for Advanced Learning and...
Radishes are one of the quickest and easiest crops to grow, and take up very little room. Many gardeners plant them as a catch crop between other vegetables, but they’re also well worth their space in a dedicated salad bed. Popular in summer salads, why not try growing winter varieties to add a...
Growing fruit and vegetables from seed is a wonderful activity to do with children. Easy-to-grow seeds like cress provide quick, confidence-boosting results, while slower-growing veg like pumpkins give kids a huge sense of pride and satisfaction. Here, experienced allotment grower Lee Senior...
Broccoli is one of the UK’s most popular vegetables, providing repeated clusters of purple or white spears over several months. While some varieties are ready to harvest from late summer, this nutritious vegetable is traditionally grown for winter and early spring crops. Whether you want to grow...
Growing vertical vegetables gives you a bumper yield from a small space at the same time as allowing better air circulation around your plants. It also deters pests, reduces the chance of rot and makes harvesting much easier. What’s more, you can create a real sense of drama in your garden with...
Succession planting is simply a case of making sure that as one plant finishes cropping, another is ready to take its place. It helps your vegetable plot remain productive for as long as possible – sometimes even allowing you to harvest seasonal produce all year round. Here, Lee Senior shares...
You don’t need a traditional garden to grow your own fresh, seasonal vegetables and save money at the supermarket. Lots of vegetables can be successfully grown in containers making them perfect for patios, balconies or small gardens that don’t have any soil. We asked expert allotmenteer Lee...
You can grow huge amounts of vegetables in a small space if you choose your varieties carefully. We asked Susanne Earl, the experienced gardener behind YouTube channel, That’s What We Call The Goodlife, for her advice on growing vegetables on a balcony or in a tiny garden. Here, she shares the...
Here in Madison you can definitely tell that we’ve turned the corner towards fall. We’ve had some chilly nights where we’ve had to close all of our windows, my asters are blooming, and I think I’m done eating cantaloupe and am almost ready to move on to winter squash.
While my September garden...
July is the month of garden tours! Are you going on any this month in your town? Visiting other gardens is a great way to find interesting plants, be inspired to add new artistic touches, and see how other people take a space and make it their own through garden design. Every garden is as...
Like most gardeners, you probably like looking at photos of other peoples’ gardens. Oftentimes, those photos are on the Internet or in a glossy gardening magazine. They’re fun to look at, but they don’t always seem attainable for your own garden. I’m in the same boat. I’ve been on several garden...
One of the most difficult parts of winter for me is the total lack of color outside in my yard. My vegetable and perennial gardens are huge pops of color that bring me a deep joy all season long. When the gray days of winter set in I start to feel visually depressed.
This fall, when I was...
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During the winter when passionate gardeners like us can’t be out in our gardens, what activities are good stand-ins? Planning our gardens, reading books about gardening, starting seeds, and listening to other people talk about gardening on favorite podcasts...
Carrots!! They’re so fun and satisfying to grow. (Look how joyful I am in the photo above!)
When I ran a youth farm carrots were one of the crops the kids most loved to harvest. And, even as an adult, there’s something magical about digging in the soil and pulling out a golden yellow or earthy...
You’re going to look really good in these gardening t-shirts!
How do I know? Well, I recently visited my family and gifted them all their new gardening t-shirts. They promptly put them on and we all walked to the park together to hang out on a beautiful summer day.
We kept joking that we were...
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