It's August, the last stretch of summer, and time to give our flowers a little TLC. Deadheading these plants will keep your ...

Many of us have bad habits we don't even know about that can spread disease in our gardens. Turn over a new leaf for ...

Laying reflective aluminum foil around the base of your plants can bounce light back up under the canopy. This extra light ...

Summer is drawing to a close, but there are still quite a few vegetables you can plant in August based on your USDA hardiness ...

As gardeners, we've all been told to practice crop rotation. But what if it's all for nothing because it was never meant for ...

Remember this one rule: bury deep and cover well! When we’re composting in place (also called composting in situ), we’re cutting out the middleman and putting the plant material straight into the ...

Our Cuckoo Bluebar “hen” After all was said and done, and the company honored their sexing guarantee, my friend and I still had two noisy, crowing, ahem…sexually mature roosters strutting around. We ...

Gardening comes with a lot of anecdotal wisdom, and not all of it works. However, one bit of gardening advice that’s proven to work time and again is to plant tomatoes on their side in a trench or ...

Starting plants from seed is particularly rewarding. There’s nothing more satisfying than surveying your tiny kingdom of sprouts each morning. But sowing seeds can sometimes feel like a gamble.

From healthy houseplants to quickly sprouting seedlings, you can use an indoor greenhouse for almost anything. On top of that, they make a wonderful indoor feature that adds something different to ...

The urea in urine breaks down into ammonia over time. Stale pee (known as “lant”) was a common cleaning solution for the home and laundry and was even used to whiten teeth and freshen breath at one ...

When it comes to summertime fruit, our favorite is blueberries. They’re infinitely snackable. A bowl left unattended on the counter, destined for jam or homemade blueberry syrup, will likely disappear ...