Detroit resident Heidi Penix started a garden while simultaneously learning of a cancer diagnosis. “It’s a constant process of learning what it takes to keep things alive,” she says.

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Explore tips for beginning gardening and learn about the typical vegetable garden myths many beginners mistakenly believe.

Make sure to bring the batteries from your lawnmower, weedwhacker, or other power tools indoors before winter sets in.

There are little white things called perlite in the soil. We do want to have that in our growing mix. It helps prevent the coconut coir from compacting. And the reason we don't want the coconut coir ...

If you’re having: Duck Ask for: A Syrah from the Saint-Joseph appellation of the Rhône Valley, where the fruit thrives in the black schist soil. “It yields a rich, deep flavor of black olive tapenade ...