home gardening

Ed Bernhardt shows how a simple ingredient in your Costa Rica kitchen cabinet can help you fend off a huge array of headaches – in and out of the garden.

Whether you've got a lot of space or a little, a green thumb or knack for killing plants, "Home Gardening" columnist Ed Bernhardt explains why this is the time to plan your Costa Rican garden.

In his latest column, Ed Bernhardt shares his pick for the tree that should join your garden in 2017.

HOME GARDEN: Ed Bernhardt makes the case that we need now more than ever to start saving our seeds

HOME GARDENING: Basil, rosemary, thyme and oregano are versatile herbs to have handy in a potted Mediterranean kitchen herb garden.

Many families still make this popular recipe with vinegar made from the banana called “guineo negro,” along with hot and sweet chiles, onions, cauliflower, and other available vegetables you may have from the garden.

Whether you've got a lot of space or a little, a green thumb or knack for killing plants, "Home Gardening" columnist Ed Bernhardt explains why this is the time to plan your Costa Rican garden.

Home Gardening: Check some of the exceptional healing properties of aloe.

This hardy bush is found in most regions of Costa Rica and easy to identify with its clusters of yellow, bell-shaped flowers and serrated, compound, pinnate leaves with 5 to 13 leaflets. This plant is a member of the family Bignoniaceae, and is related to Roble Sabana (Tabebuia rosea) and Cortez Amarillo (Tabebuia chrysantha), which has similar flowers.

HOME GARDENING: Malinche makes a pretty shrub for the tropical garden while offering multiple medicinal uses.