This question came from a friend of my husband, but I first looked into it about 30 years ago when I was having no success what-so-ever growing radishes. ... Read More

Vines are often overlooked by gardeners, because they need some type of structure to climb on. But vines are so multi-purpose and so eager to sprawl and bloom, you ... Read More

I confess that one of the reasons I became an organic gardener is because I'm lazy. I enjoy working in the garden, but fertilizing and spraying every week or ... Read More

I’ve finally dragged my containers out of the shed and it’s time to pick out plants to go in them. I have an idea of what I want, but ... Read More

First glance will tell you how this plant got the common name of Pincushion Flower. As the flowers open, they look like little cushions with pins sticking out. ... Read More

Common gardening wisdom says you need a long, hot growing season, or eggplant can be a frustrating vegetable to grow. But Dsl6625 lives on the Gulf Coast and is ... Read More

In honor of Earth Day, let’s talk dirt. There’s an old gardening adage that says that the brown stuff on the ground in your garden is called soil; when ... Read More

I love columbines, but I had stopped growing them for awhile because the plants would always get attacked by leafminers. Leafminers are tiny larvae that get inside a leaf ... Read More

Repotting plants is not hard to do, but it can be a little scary to uproot and move a plant that seems fine where it is. Still, every plant ... Read More

Your plants may look good enough to eat, but choose your snacks with caution. Some plants, like poison ivy and poison hemlock, come with warnings. These 5 plants ... Read More

Recycling has always been a bit to do in the garden. From compost to garden “art”, we waste nothing. A friend of our Budget Decorating Guide, Pamela Cole ... Read More

I’ve been getting a lot of question lately about miniature rose bushes. I think that’s because the plants were purchased from a greenhouse and grown indoors for the winter ... Read More

What compost does and doesn’t do is still unclear to many gardeners. MerryHutter (great name) put it very well: “Hi, I am curious about soil health. If ... Read More

By far, the easiest plants to care for in the garden have to be ornamental grasses. Except for combing them out or cutting them back in the spring ... Read More

It's that time of year again, when I start looking for the signs from nature that say it's time to plant. I started collecting this type of advise years ... Read More

OK, troops. It’s time to let the advertisers know that gardeners are a force to be reckoned with. I wrote last week that HGTV has canceled the last ... Read More

Have you seen the spring bulb “seedlings” at garden center this spring? Yes, there is help for those of us who never got around to planting all those bulbs ... Read More

It was just a few weeds ago that I thought the snow would never melt and now I’m gently suggesting that my husband consider getting the mower tuned up. ... Read More

What’s so great about green beans? Well for starters, you get a large yield in a small space. They don’t need cooking to be delicious. There’s very ... Read More

It’s finally nice enough in my neck of the woods to start cleaning up our gardens and see what damage winter left behind. We had a good, long ... Read More

I'm in the process of swapping a couple of garden spaces. I have to move my vegetable into a sunnier spot. It seems the trees I planted didn't know ... Read More

It can be hard to really get kids interested in gardening. Sure, they’ll toss some dirt back and forth and squeal at the worms, but most of the payoff ... Read More

Easter season means potted lily season. All lilies are beautiful, but the simple purity of the white Easter Lily is captivating. Choose a lily plant that will bloom ... Read More

I was pulling my canna bulbs out of storage the other day and I found a bag of paperwhites I had bought last winter. Oops. I completely forgot ... Read More

Long before most perennial plants can be bothered putting in an appearance in the spring, Pulmonaria is putting on a show. Pulmonaria are low growers and they love shade, ... Read More

Someone on the About Gardening Forum was discussing using lime in her vegetable garden to improve her tomatoes. This led to a discussion on blossom end rot. Blossom ... Read More

March took its time going out like a lamb, but it is finally April. I’m not going to uncross my fingers just yet. I know it could still ... Read More