Turns out, shade can be pretty fruitful!

Turn shady spaces into thriving gardens.

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a movement to backyard edible gardening that had been underway in this country since the mid-20th Century. But the idea of the cultivated edible landscape goes back ...

The vegetable garden is typically relegated to a far corner of the backyard but some gardeners are putting vegetables and other edibles front and center in their home landscape by incorporating food ...

There’s nothing more relaxing in summer and fall than venturing into the garden to harvest edible greens, herbs and flowers. In my garden, tomatoes, herbs, berries and citrus thrive tucked throughout ...

Native edibles, such as western beaked hazelnuts, California wild grapes and evergreen huckleberries, make great garden additions. Not only are they easy to grow, but they also offer nutritional value ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...