I've got a riddle for you. What eggs come in white, yellow, purple, red, orange and green and hail from India? It's really not an egg. It's the eggplant!

Let's get down and dirty about soil.

"O soapy flavor. Why pollutest thou my food?  Thou makest me retch." That's hardly a ringing endorsement for an herb, but unfortunately some people feel that way about cilantro.

When putting together a hanging basket, container or garden bed, there are lots of annual flower choices to use. Here are a few new varieties to look for in your garden center this spring.

What fruit is associated with the names John, Betty and Steve?  It's the apple. That would be Johnny Appleseed, Apple Betty and Steve Jobs.

Award-winning plants.

Winter is a great time of year for garden planning. Whether it be a trip to Italy with me or a new garden bed, now is the time to get ready for the coming garden season. Charlie Nardozzi has been reading Toby Hemenway's permaculture book, Gaia's Garden, and has a few new design concepts he's going to try.

all is a time for wrapping up the garden, both figuratively and literally. It's time to pull out frost-killed annual flowers, cut back perennial flowers, compost leaves, and protect tender shrubs. One of the most precious flowers to protect are your roses.

If you happen to be wandering the mountainous regions of Turkey in spring, you may notice small wildflowers that look oddly familiar. The species tulip originated from this region of the world and in the 1600s was used by the Dutch to breed the now famous large flowered tulips we all know and love.

It's hard to beat Mother Nature's show, but if you're looking to add some unusual shrubs and trees to your yard and particularly want some with fall foliage color, I've got some ideas for you.

Cold hardy vegetables such as leeks, Brussels sprouts, arugula, and carrots can withstand some frost. Annual flowers such as snapdragons and violas can too. But what about those plants that you want to keep growing in spite of the cold?

Lasagna gardening is a way to eliminate all digging, turning and tilling to create a bed next spring that will be ready to plant.

For years, fall was all about apples, pears and pumpkins. Those were the symbolic fruits and vegetables of our autumn. But now edible gardeners can add raspberries and blackberries to the list.

Called the poor man's asparagus by the French, leeks are a seldom used, but delicious vegetable.

Goldenrod is a native North American wildflower that is in full bloom this time of year.

This week we're remembering a somber anniversary: the date tropical storm Irene wrecked havoc on Vermont.

Late summer is known for tons of tomatoes, asters and goldenrod in bloom, and white patches on lilac, birch, phlox, bee balm, squash and  other leaves. It all sounds ideal, except for those white patches. They are the sign of powdery mildew disease.

Growing fruit is becoming more popular and many gardeners are experimenting with some exotics too. Well, it doesn't get any more exotic in the fruit world than the kiwi.

Ahh echinacea. This simple native midwestern prairie plant has garnered so much interest from a medical standpoint, that some people overlook its beauty in the perennial garden.

Any evaluation of the summer vegetable garden isn't complete with a review of the tomato crop.

Peaches are a special summer treat that have a long history. Early explorers of North and South America brought peaches to the New World, but it was the native Americans who spread them, planting peach pits as they traveled the countryside.

There are some interesting things to know about selecting perennial flower varieties for shade in Vermont. This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi tells you what they are!

Summer squash and zucchinis are prolific, but they do attract certain pests that can downright kill the plant

This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, tips on watering your plants just the right amount!

While we all know about growing pole beans on well, poles, peas on fences, and tomatoes on stakes, there are reasons to trellis other veggies too such as peppers, melons, and cucumbers.