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 ...

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 ...

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You can plant many seeds together using this method because you’ll transplant early. Place one label inside with the seed ...

Shorter days mean less time in the garden; peruse gardening websites, magazines, and seed catalogs instead. Source: Adapted ...