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

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

A new partnership between the Ogle County Master Gardeners and the Flagg-Rochelle Public Library unlocks new opportunities ...

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 ...

Don’t let your green thumb turn brown over the winter! There are many projects to keep you productive until spring after you have put your gardens to bed for the winter. My last job is to grind up ...

St. Peter Library patrons interested in growing flowers and vegetables soon will have an additional resource to the gardening ...

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 ...

Kevin Moore, the author of multiple short story collections, shares his thoughts on the art of finding inspiration in writing ...

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

A man and woman stand next to each other while looking at a naturalized garden in bloom - Johnnygreig/Getty Images As the ...

Black beans are a staple crop in the cuisines of central and southern America. They have been cultivated for thousands of years and plants are very easy to grow in backyard vegetable gardens. Black ...