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.
What happens when age or infirmity makes it harder and harder to garden? Try these strategies, based on Sydney Eddison’s excellent book, “Gardening for a Lifetime.”
I don’t buy the idea that you’re either born with a green thumb or you’re not. Gardening is a skill you learn over time.
Here’s how to figure out if your soil is bad or not… and what to do about it if it is.
Looking for a great selection of bargain plants? George found it on his birthday “plant safari” to Lancaster County nurseries.
The winter of 2013-14 was the worst in 25 years for plant damage. Here’s a look at the combination of insults that doomed so many of our landscape plants.
Now that we’re far enough into the growing season to see what died from winter and what was merely set back, what do you do now? Here’s a case-by-case rundown…
Avoid these seven cardinal sins of gardening, and things are bound to go better.
Why stop at just one pot? Mix and match a cluster of them just as you would in landscaping a garden. Call it “containerscaping.”
Trying to figure out the cheapest way to get mulch on your dirt? It’s not bags. In fact, if you’re buying a lot of bags, it may even be cheaper to hire someone to do the whole thing for you instead.