Seed catalogs are out, and it’s time to select spring garden plants, with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans and squash being the popular choices. These are all grown as annuals, plants that grow for ...

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Now that we are in the heart of winter, gardeners need to be very careful about doing anything to their roses as it could ...

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A: The main advice doesn’t change. Never let the soil become dry to the touch. Keep it moist at all times. Learn to “read” the soil, both visually and by feeling it. However, in general terms for the ...

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Many gardeners cut back their perennials much too soon in early fall and miss out on the late-season interest.