Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A garden with many raised beds - mari.trand/Shutterstock If you are tired of growing the usual crop of carrots and potatoes, ...

We sure have had beautiful fall weather, although we are still pretty dry. A few years ago while at a gardening festival I purchased some sunchoke tubers. They are one of my perennial crops the was ...

Key Points Perennial vegetables offer a low-maintenance option for edible gardens.These include artichoke, asparagus, lovage, ...

Some call them Jerusalem artichokes, but the native sunchoke is a plant North America can claim as its very own. Long used by Native American Indians as a food crop, Helianthus tuberosus is best known ...

Here’s a crop for the home garden that’s a gourmet delight: sunflower artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), commonly known as Jerusalem artichoke. This plant is actually a native American perennial ...

There is a lot of debate about bay leaves and their culinary significance. Sure, bay is part of many classic dishes, but can you really tell it was added? Some plants are a lot of trouble to grow, ...