If used for preserving or candying, the rhizomes should be dug while tender and succulent, rather than when old, tough and ...

Have you ever wondered what those white pellets were in your potting soil? Well, it's more important than you may know.

Gardeners have had a broad range of experiences with their vegetable gardens this season. Some planted early in May with the ...

Indoor plants offer more than just decoration; they demonstrably improve mental clarity, reduce stress, and foster calming ...

Not planting tomatoes before Memorial Day was the best gardening tip I ever received. Staking and pruning tomatoes are key elements to tomato care. Mulching vegetables, working around seasonal pests, ...

Home grown sun-ripened tomatoes are hard to beat, and with a little care we’re guaranteed a joyous crop. In most of Scotland the plants need ...

Balsam flowers are low-maintenance blooms. While some praise their colours and toughness, others warn they can be garden ...

Chard and spinach yield abundant fresh greens with little effort. Chard – and its relatives seakale beet and spinach beet – is a biennial, and when sown in July, forms strong plants over winter. They ...

To grow these cutting garden flowers in your garden, she recommends planting them about 30cm apart in full or partial sun. They cope with drought – "so an ideal plant for today’s climate," she adds.

Despite the fact that my husband, Mike, and I deliberately decided we would not plant a garden this year, we still have an unexpected bumper crop of a different type. Although we raised very ...

They built a gorgeous native garden around a little free library in their neighborhood. The before photo shows a sparse bed surrounded by lovely stone edging. Inside the garden, viewers can see the ...

It is the home of English poet John Clare, who was born in 1793 in the Cambridgeshire village and grew up in the thatched ...