Category Gardening

Get your garden planning started! In some warmer locations, you can begin sowing your vegetable seeds outdoors. For cooler areas, February is […]

It’s easy to get carried away planting a garden. Even after you’ve bought all the necessary tools and supplies, there are always […]

For many gardeners, summer is peak vegetable gardening season. The warm weather and long days are needed to coax tomatoes, peppers, and […]

To grow garlic in pots is a bit of a challenge because it has a very long growing season and garlic needs […]

September should bring relief to gardens in the Northern Hemisphere and signal the start of a new season for gardeners in areas […]

Turnips are a versatile crop. Like beets, they can be grown for greens or for the bulb. They grow fairly quickly, maturing […]

Osteospermum, or African daisies, have flowers that look a very familiar, yet totally foreign. They made a big splash in display gardens […]

While many of our gardens start winding down in September, southern areas of the United States are coming into prime gardening season. […]

For years, our only encounter with parsley was that curly, bitter sprig on the side of our plate in restaurants. Although parsley […]

A native of Brazil, the princess flower (Tibouchina urvilleana) is a glorious addition to tropical and sub-tropical gardens. Its large purple flowers […]

Every month of the season provides an opportunity to tend the garden (except the months when it’s blanketed in snow). And August, […]

There are two types of cucumber plants: vining cucumbers and bush cucumbers. The most common varieties grow on vigorous vines shaded by […]