When I was young, I asked my father why he didn’t grow sweet corn in his garden. He answered that you need a big garden to ...

Sweet corn harvested fresh from the home garden and cooked soon afterward is one of life’s great treats. If you have never had that experience, now is the time to plant sweet corn in the garden. Sweet ...

Is there any vegetable that screams Ohio summer more than sweet corn eaten on the cob? Some gardeners might argue that the tomato is the more popular vegetable grown in Ohio, and it is the state fruit ...

Once upon a time all corn was starchy. Natives of the Americas, where the plant originated, ground its kernels into flour. Even in its immature stages, this corn wouldn't have been any great shakes ...

One of the best rewards of growing summer vegetables is sweet corn. It has a “summer is here” taste and is fun to eat, grilled or boiled. Growing sweet corn is straightforward, but with these helpful ...

Is this your first time growing sweet corn? Do you not have the growing techniques down just right after some years of attempting to grow the summer classic? Here are a few growing tips you can do now ...

The lacy-leafed tomato vine is the poster plant of hobby gardening—it thrives just as happily in a coffee can wired to the slats of a fire escape as it does in a loamy country plot, and its rewards, ...

If I asked you what plant family feeds more of the world’s people than all other plant families combined, would you have the right answer? Many guess it’s legumes: peas, beans and their cousins.

If you're planning to plant some corn in your garden this year, you might be looking for other plants to pair with it. The good thing is that corn has plenty of potential companion plants, so you can ...