In nature soil never stays bare for very long, and that should tell you something. Mulching heavily takes its cue from the ...

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

Gardening is supposed to be fun, and passionate gardener Diedre Riedlinger advises people to relax, accept the failures and ...

However, the email was tinged with sadness since it reports on the closing of a special nursery: “A little less than a year ...

Any vegetable garden slows down as winter approaches and being proactive when it comes to preparing it for the cold weather ...

Trees have sophisticated mechanisms to measure time and the spectral quality of light, which is how they understand when to ...

It’s not, after all, like moving house where we can box up all our favourite belongings and pop them into the removal van to ...

Plenty of gardeners place their houseplants outdoors for the summer and enjoy them indoors the rest of the year. So why not ...

Just because the dreary, rainy weather has kicked in, it doesn't mean the gardening tasks have ... It is also the perfect ...

Last week we did our final planting of the fall. Now we can enjoy the garden and wait on colder weather. We normally get our ...

Many of the best varieties of narcissi bulbs are single-flowering, helping gardeners create a space that will support and feed local insects, such as Narcissus poeticus, otherwise known as the ...

November is the last chance to get your garden and yard systems set for winter and the possible freezes, and it's the last chance to prune, to clear, to plant, and to spray. Here are all the gardening ...