Some of the best gardening tips I’ve received have been ways to recycle otherwise worthless objects in the garden. Using old coffee cans to stake plants like the ... Read More

The first time I saw a passion flower, I remember thinking that it was just too gaudy to fit in a garden setting. Silly me. These are exquisite ... Read More

This question comes up several times a year, so it’s worth repeating. Orrenzy posted on the Forum: “I have crocus, daffies, tulip bulbs. A large ... Read More

Gardening has the distinction of being a past time people turn to in both lean and flush times. It’s true, you can spend a fortune creating and maintaining a ... Read More

Would you like a money garden? According to W. Atlee Burpee & Co., a home vegetable garden “...will result in a 1 to 25 cost-savings ratio. In ... Read More

Few gardening disappointments are as great as not getting any fruit on your fruit trees. I wish there was one easy solution, but there are several factors that can ... Read More

Some gardeners delight in cutting and creating bouquets. For others it is pure anguish to loose the color and glory in the garden. A lot can depend on ... Read More

Is it a vegetable? A fruit? An ornamental plant? However you define it, rhubarb is coming into season and it's delicious. Rhubarb is a very ornamental ... Read More

One of the most common questions this time of year is "Why are the tips of my houseplants turning brown?". Indoor plants hate change, which is why they seem ... Read More

The snow is melting in the hedge border around my house and the first thing that seems to be greening up is the creeping ivy. Or maybe it's the ... Read More

I received a collection of tiny, dwarf evergreens from the amazing Iseli nursery last fall and I want to make a hypertoufa container for them this spring, if they make ... Read More

I try to adhere to the gardening practice of feeding the soil and letting the soil feed the plants. But sometimes my plants look at me like they’re begging ... Read More

Here's a question from the About Gardening Forum that has probably crossed your mind once or twice, when you received a particularly nice cut rose. Can store-bought roses be ... Read More

I hope you all got roses for Valentine's Day, today. Better still, a rose bush. We all know that roses aren't a holiday treat for gardeners. Every garden ... Read More

The huge piles of snow in my yard, that looked like they were going to be permanent, have actually started to slink away in this mid-winter heat wave. The ... Read More

About’s Guide to Horses, Katherine Blocksdorf, wrote in to the Gardening Forum to ask for advice on annual flowers for dry shade. “Last winter we moved into a ... Read More

I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but keep in mind that your Valentine may find choosing flowers for a gardener as intimidating as cooking for a gourmet? ... Read More

Most gardeners are also pet lovers, but even a pet lover can become exasperated when their cat mistakes their garden for a litter box. About’s Landscaping Guide has some ... Read More

Green gardening is a confusing term. Gardeners talk about their love of nature, but in reality what we’re doing is manipulating nature and short of growing a field of ... Read More

I suppose it shouldn’t be surprising that so many gardeners are avid cooks. Who has a better appreciation of fresh than a gardener? I think the ... Read More

Where on earth do all those aphids come from? Seriously, how do they find their way into our homes in the dead of winter? What were they ... Read More

I can remember when peonies were considered passé. How dumb were we? I mean really now, what could be more welcome than a dazzling flower with an ... Read More

Our Gardening Forum moderator, scottyblue, started a thread about companion planting, planting two or more plants near each other to derive some type of benefit like more vigorous growth, higher ... Read More

The table isn’t the only place our eyes are bigger than our stomachs. It’s just too tempting to want to plant a lot of everything in the vegetable garden. ... Read More

Witch Hazel is such an oddity among trees. To start with, the Latin genus name Hamamelis, translates to something like “together with fruit” and refers to the fact that ... Read More

Once again, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and predicted 6 more weeks of winter. At least this time there was some sun out. How he sees his shadow ... Read More

February is the toughest month in the garden. Gardeners in warm climates don't know what to expect from the weather. Those in cold climates would give anything to ... Read More