Hold up! Before you put that pepper seedling in the ground, read this. There are a few important things you need to do when ...

Now that my tomato seedlings are underway, I’m turning my attention to planting flowers once again.  I have two large boxes ...

When it comes to planting a spring garden, planning is everything. Don't fall into the trap of not staggering your harvests.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I believe every single garden needs at least one shrub. I still like perennials and ...

Onions mystify a lot of gardeners, new and old. Let's look at the right way to grow onions, removing two of the biggest ...

The days are getting longer, the light is softening, and there’s a warm breeze in the air. It must be April.  April is one of ...

Everyone knows that compost is like black gold for your garden. Compost prevents soil erosion, it supplies your plants with necessary nutrients, it improves disease resistance and aids in water ...

From sun up to sun down, bees are doing important work for the health and safety of the hive. Foraging bees will travel up to 5 miles from the colony to gather up pollen for hungry baby bees back at ...

Broadly defined, invasive plants are non-native species introduced to a particular region where they are able to spread far and wide. Exotic plants from faraway lands may be beautiful but there is no ...

While bees and their remarkable raw honey generally get a lot of buzzingly good press, we often lose sight of the other amazing gifts they have to offer. Beeswax is an age-old, renewable material that ...

Most gardeners can agree that the taste of biting into a homegrown tomato beats anything you can buy from a store. That’s just one of the reasons why so many people have taken to growing their own ...