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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As the weather gets colder, gardening experts have warned that some well-meaning actions from keen gardeners could actually ...

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 ...

Keep in mind that thuja, yew, thuja, araucaria, cryptomeria, and cypress can feel good at home. But spruce, fir, and pine ...

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

Suffolk-based Ade Sellars is the Good Life Gardener, award-winning writer and presenter who gives talks and demonstrations around the country.

What does it do to our plants? “Cold damages plants because it freezes water into ... “When the weather warms enough for them ...

What can a well-manicured lawn reveal about social status, our relationship to the Earth and the American Dream? A surprising ...