Hands grabbing a selection of cabbage leaves in a garden - Jordi Salas/Getty Images There are multiple companion plants that will thrive next to basil, but some other plants can come with considerable ...

Lately I have been hearing a lot about cabbage steaks, a side dish made with sliced cabbage. Then, during this past Easter dinner, a guest brought cabbage steaks and I finally had a chance to sample ...

Companion planting is a method of gardening that involves placing plants close together for mutual benefit. It’s a permaculture tactic and a practice as old as agriculture itself. Using this method ...

I trained as a Napa County Master Gardener in 2004. That was also the first year that our local group decided we could learn something about growing specific vegetables by growing the same varieties ...

With the first frost quickly approaching in many regions, some gardeners think that fall signals the end of the gardening season. You may be happy to know that it's far from true. What you can plant ...

* What it is: ‘Katarina’ is a super-fast cabbage to mature – ready to pick as soon as 45 days after planting transplants (meaning less time for things to go wrong). The heads are small (about four ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit Trees. Deciduous fruit trees will have stopped growing by now. The leaves you see will begin to drop as fall progresses. However, since pruning is an ...