Collection of Produce Pointers from 90+ Years of Better Homes & Gardens Magazine

Produce Pointers

Check out how past editors and experts grew their produce through the years. Here you’ll find produce pointers, gardening insights, and more fun finds.

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Better Homes & Gardens from 1922 | Direct From Farm To Consumer

Direct From Farm To Consumer

The "Home Hamper" Solves Problem and Makes Everybody Happy

August 1922
Article
Better Homes & Gardens from 1925 | Succeeding With Trained Fruit Trees

Succeeding With Trained Fruit Trees

Dwarf Fruit Trees Are Best For Small City Lot Gardens

April 1925
Article
Better Homes & Gardens from 1929 | Experiencing a Southern Interlude

Experiencing a Southern Interlude

IT WAS quite the most exciting telegram I had ever received, and it ...

September 1929
Article
Better Homes & Gardens from 1942 | How to Start That Vegetable Garden SUCCESSFULLY

How to Start That Vegetable Garden SUCCESSFULLY

THERE'S lots of loose talk about vegetable gardens flying around thi...

March 1942
Article
Better Homes & Gardens from 1942 | Anyone Can Grow TOMATOES

Anyone Can Grow TOMATOES

IF YOU'RE looking for a health-building vegetable to grow in your ba...

May 1942
These People Know Food
Better Homes & Gardens from 1977 | Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Ideas from Experts on the Farm

Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Ideas from Experts on the Farm

"My father started retailing vegetables out there by the curb, with ...

June 1977
Vegetable Gardening
Better Homes & Gardens from 1980 | Big Yields In Small Spaces

Big Yields In Small Spaces

If the high cost of eating is getting you down, why not put your bac...

March 1980
Americans at Home
Better Homes & Gardens from 1984 | A Backyard Bonanza Of Herbs, Fruits, And Vegetables

A Backyard Bonanza Of Herbs, Fruits, And Vegetables

Toby and Jan Hall saw the potential for their dream home despite the...

July 1984
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1985 | VEGETABLE GARDENING

VEGETABLE GARDENING

Close friends who stop by Jim and Helen Rood's suburban Minneapolis ...

March 1985
Other
Better Homes & Gardens from 1991 | Your guide to farmers' markets

Your guide to farmers' markets

In parking lots, downtown squares, and country fields, today's farme...

July 1991
Special Garden Section
Better Homes & Gardens from 1996 | Healthy harvest

Healthy harvest

Like all kids growing up, I measured my year by the seasonal holiday...

May 1996
Forum
Better Homes & Gardens from 2005 | Down on the neighborhood farm

Down on the neighborhood farm

Families get a true taste of fresh produce-- and a new perspective t...

May 2005
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Better Homes & Gardens from 2009 | She says tomato

She says tomato

June's warm days and nights send backyard tomato plants into overdri...

June 2009

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