Garden Gratuity

June is a month for graduations, weddings and garden pests. As beautiful as June can be, no sooner do your plants peak than the bugs find t...

Spinach is a difficult crop for many home gardeners to grow. By the time it's warm enough to plant it, it's warm enough for spinach...

In my many years of growing orchids, one of the most important lessons I have learned is the use of the right potting medium. This is very ...

It is becoming more and more difficult to run a profitable farm. Gasoline and fertilizer prices are going up, and expensive new equipment s...

I have been growing tomatoes for years now and one important lesson I learned is that growing tomatoes in cages can actually help preserve ...

Vermicomposting is simply using worms to make the compost rather than microorganisms. It's well suited to anyone, being most useful for ...

Congratulations to the winners of last month's Garden Photo Challenge - Fabulous Foliage. I was so impressed, not just by the diversity...

We all know we're supposed to call our utility companies before we start turning up new soil, but it has always seemed like such a hass...

Several of you have written to ask me what's wrong with your cucumber and squash vines. They have a white cast to them and you're w...

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II know fall is a great time for planting trees and shrubs, seeding lawns and planting spring bulbs, but I've never really bought into ...

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Most gardeners are familiar with the spiky blue anise hyssop. Lovely as it is, there are a lot more Agastache out there, in a variety of co...

I just assumed it was my superior gardening skills (yes, that's sarcasm) that were responsible for so many Eastern Tiger Swallowtails f...

Once decided to buy a greenhouse, you will undoubtedly reach a crossroad, where you must decide whether you want a plastic or a glass green...