Now is the time to start planning your garden beds for next year. Look through catalogs, create a garden schedule or spend ...

Raised garden beds are ideal for many plants and gardeners. They offer a way to easily garden on a site with poor soil, keep weeds under control, and adjust water needs and soil nutrients. The raised ...

You might be inspired to plant your gardens after the arrival of warmer air. But should you put those plants in the ground with the threat of lingering cold and frost? You might be inspired to plant ...

While most gardens wind down during the winter, there are actually several leafy greens you can start in early winter. There ...

After the devastating layoffs at the paper in late January, a voluntary buyout period went into effect. Enough people accepted special severance packages that several of us were able to return to the ...

Spring is here, and that means it’s time to breathe new life into your garden! But before you rush out to plant, there’s one important step to take–cleaning up. Spring garden sanitation might not ...

Now, about that habit… My journal has saved me on many occasions when I was trying to remember a “how did I…” or “what did I… ...

Ephemerals are unusual plants that love early spring weather: cool and a bit wet. They bring color and otherworldly flowers to shadier corners. They tend to hug the ground plane, avoiding the cold, ...

This spring seems to have taken longer than usual to warm its way into our still-shivering psyches, so you really deserve a glorious April and May. And there's still time -- until May 17 -- to travel ...

Local groups have a busy slate of tours, festivals and more for plant lovers until June In a region known for its mild weather and largely predictable sunny days, the record-setting rainfalls of these ...