I am always looking for ways to be more efficient with my gardening at home. I don’t mulch established planting beds in my ...

We should be displaying our garden produce the way hunters display deer heads. Pulling a humongous carrot from your own ...

A good rule of thumb is to get potted fruit trees in the ground at least 4 to 6 weeks before your fall frost date. In a mild winter climate where the ground does not freeze, dormant bare-root trees ...

Strawberries are a perfect plant for containers, especially hanging containers. They look gorgeous with the fruit drooping over the edges of a planter—and being up in the air makes them easy to ...

Common plants like spearmint, tansy, perennial cornflowers, and golden bamboo should only be grown in containers so they ...

Salt is used so often that it's easy to fall into habits that sabotage your home-cooked dish. Here's what we're doing wrong, ...

Did you know that the average American consumes over 20 pounds of pumpkin products each year This humble gourd has ...

Bugle weed (Ajuga) is another “black” plant that, like vampires, doesn’t do well in full sun. It is a fast-growing, attractive groundcover with coal-dark green leaves. In mid-to late spring, it forms ...