With proper planning and light study, you can succesfully overwinter perennials in a greenhouse during winter, even in the northeastern U.S.
How to Overwinter Perennials in a Greenhouse Read More »
Flowers & Perennials
Winter can be absolutely punishing on garden plants. Damage can be reduced if you do a little extra preparation in late fall.
How To Protect Plants From Winter Weather Read More »
Flowers & Perennials, Gardening Tips For Beginners, Landscaping, Tree Care Tips
Before you start digging, check out our ultimate tree care guide on how to plant your tree and take care of it from seedling to maturity.
Ultimate Tree Care Guide for the Mid-Atlantic U.S. (Infographic) Read More »
Landscaping, Tree Care Tips
With a sustainable gardening technique called keyhole gardening, used in areas as dry as sub-sahara Africa, one can grow food year round.
How To Build a Keyhole Garden Read More »
Flowers & Perennials, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
If there is one plant-it-and-forget-it vegetable for your garden, it’s garlic. How to grow garlic, plant garlic, and harvest garlic.
Garlic: How To Plant, Grow and Harvest Read More »
Gardening Tips For Beginners, Vegetable & Fruit GardeningEven with the most careful planning and preparation, garden ponds can be susceptible to water problems.
What’s Wrong With My Garden Pond Water? Read More »
Landscaping
When I started gardening, I bought the requisite shovels, rakes, spades, cultivators, etc. Owning a machete never crossed my mind – I figured they were the domain of jungle explorers and movie villains – until I grew 7 foot tall sunflowers and started making my own compost.
Machete: The Greatest Multi-Purpose Garden Tool Ever Read More »
Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
Compost tea is a perfect lawn and garden feed for those who want a liquid supplement for their plants and soil. Includes easy to make recipe.
Compost Tea Recipe to Supercharge Your Garden and Lawn Read More »
Composting, Organic Lawn Care, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
How to choose the right aquatic flora to not only enhance the look of your garden pond, but its bio-functionality too!
Garden Pond Plants: Which are Best? Read More »
Flowers & Perennials, Garden Design
The best and most useful herbs to grow in your garden, from Dr. Leonard Perry, University of Vermont.
How To Grow Basil, Parsley, Oregano, Cilantro and Other Garden Herbs Read More »
Gardening Tips For Beginners, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
Thistle weeds are tough to kill and it’s best done when the weed first appears. Once you get a handle on it, weeding thistle becomes pretty routine.
Knock Thistle Out Of Your Garden For Good Without Herbicides Read More »
Flowers & Perennials, Landscaping, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
There is a lot of interest in survival seeds, as we may experience a catastrophe which would require massive replanting of our food supply.
Four Reasons To Buy Non-GMO Vegetable Garden Survival Seeds Read More »
Vegetable & Fruit Gardening