Do you really want or need that perfect green carpet of a lawn? An alternative is “good-enough grass” that’s a lot less expensive and less difficult to attain but still decent enough to keep you from dragging down the neighborhood.
The loss of the pollinator population is something home gardeners can help by knocking off spraying, planting more variety and not “sanitizing” the landscape.
There’s no sense reinventing the wheel if you’re thinking about ways to spruce up your landscape this year. Lots of uber-gardeners can give you inspiration with these eight ideas.
Garden-show-touring can be tiring, taxing and sometimes a tad bewildering – especially in the case of cavernous, cattle-herd shows such as the 10-acre Philadelphia Flower Show. Five gardening and landscape-related shows happen late this month into next within day-trip range of Harrisburg (see the list below). If you’re going to any/all, I thought you might […]
Improving a landscape for better four-season interest isn’t hard, but it does take some planning. Check out 10 tips to help your yard change with the seasons and look good in all.
Winter is a good time to assess troubles that could be brewing with your trees. Here’s a list of what to look for as well as 10 things you can do to maximize your trees’ health.
Holiday plants are often throw-aways, but here are five that you can keep growing and going for years with a little know-how.
Growing a Christmas tree is no easy feat, as you might’ve guessed from the troubles gardeners often have with their own backyard conifers. Here’s how the growers do it…
My first gardening book is hot off the presses, and it’s a 240-page paperback from Cool Springs Press that features my 170 top plant picks for Pennsylvania yards.
Fall really is a good time to plant most plants. It’s not just garden-center hype. Here’s a look at why, plus ideas on what you can add to spruce up the yard heading down this season’s home stretch.