As summer winds down and thoughts turn to heating bills, snow shovels and winter coats, keeping your home cool is probably ...

Planting bare root trees in winter offers optimum soil conditions and the benefit of time to grow. Follow these steps to ...

October is a key time to plant spring-blooming bulbs, hardy edibles, trees, and shrubs. Here’s what to add to your garden now ...

Bare-root perennials are shipped without soil, so you need to plant them right away. Here’s what to do when you get them and ...

When a nor'easter recently hit the Eastern Seaboard, it transformed my driveway into a stretch of whitewater rapids and ...

The pumpkins have been harvested, the vines are wilting, and the bed suddenly looks empty. Many hobby gardeners then wonder whether they need to remove the pumpkin plants at all or if the dead vines ...

These plants develop stronger root systems, avoid transplant shock, and are less expensive than potted plants.

In October, UK gardeners are being urged to stop bagging up fallen leaves and start viewing them as 'garden gold' for soil, ...

A new study shows that grass roots and their biochemical products dramatically reduce erosion in compacted sandy soils, and ...

I miss the long evenings but I shan’t miss the endless watering, which even now takes up more hours than it should at this time of year. We will need a lot of rain before it reaches the roots of most ...

I miss the long evenings but I shan't miss the endless watering, which even now takes up more hours than it should at this time of year. We will need a lot of rain before it reaches the roots of most ...