Top the soil with a barrier. Cover the soil with a thin layer of sand, diatomaceous earth, or fine gravel. This barrier makes ...

Smart gardeners spend the winter assessing the wins and losses of the past season and using that as the basis to plan next ...

Gardening is about having fun and trying new plants. It is also about being successful. Even dependable plants will die from time to time. Diversification of a garden is a good strategy to have. Gregg ...

it's fun to peruse garden catalogs and daydream about planting plans for next year. There are countless landscaping projects ...

We’re a month away from the winter solstice, but that’s no reason to ignore your garden. In his debut book, Plants for the ...

Spring bulbs are nothing short of magic in the garden. But when should you put your tulip, crocus and daffodils in the ground ...

Now that the weather is cooling, you might notice that some of the plants we encounter look nothing like their mid-summer ...

I can see him in memory, my fluffy Maine coon cat with a plume of a tail, trotting beside me on the first day of gardening ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

Some foliage plants surprise in spring rather than fall. Siberian bugloss (Brunnera), for instance, is beloved for its ...

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