Learn how to plant bare root grapevines the right way and enjoy your own homegrown grapes for decades to come.
Every year, people who choose a real Christmas tree could be bringing something into their home that's better off staying ...
There are no raspberries in our new garden! I repeat, there are no raspberries in our new garden! As someone who has spent ...
These are the four most common reasons why poinsettias lose their leaves and how to fix each to enjoy your plant all holiday ...
If you want to save your pelargonium geraniums for another year, you've got three different ways to overwinter these cheerful plants.
Ask anyone who’s been gardening for more than a season, and they’ll probably tell you they’ve heard the same advice over and over again – This statement is always delivered sternly, with just enough ...
Where fresh water meets land, the cattail stands tall, its cylindrical seedheads and upright sword-like leaves lightly swaying in the breeze. Cattails are so ubiquitous to water that it’s quite ...
Many years ago, when I first discovered that a surefire way to get free houseplants was to bring some in from the garden, you would have thought I’d hit the jackpot. When you’re a plant-obsessed ...
You could say we have an obsession with compost around here. And why wouldn’t we? It’s the perfect organic soil amendment – nutrient-rich and filled with microbial life – that we can make ourselves, ...
When I first started gardening in earnest, my learning zeal was as high as the leggy tomatoes I was growing. I was humble enough to know that I didn’t know much, so I’d devour one book a week on the ...
I’m of the mind that there are few landscaping problems that more plants can’t solve. Need privacy, better drainage, weed displacement, or to cover up an ugly view? Well, there’s a plant for that. So ...
Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) is an ancient North American species, wilder than most other plants you can grow in your edible landscape. Having only been in cultivation for about 100 years – a mere ...