The end of the cool season does not mean an end to the gardener’s labors. Here are six gardening chores to accompolish this summer.
Cunningly arranged, lushly planted containers bring the joy of gardening to the smallest of corners. Here's how to start your own container garden.
If you have a leaky pond or a perennially wet patch in your backyard, you can convert it into a child-safe bog garden. Here's how.
Planting is not confined to spring and fall. You may have sound reasons for sowing seed in summer. Here is how.
Native plants are gradually earning space in backyard gardens everywhere. Here's how to incorpoate them into your garden.
The flowers of late summer and autumn are particularly gorgeous. Here are seven flowers to plant in your summer garden.
In nature’s magnificent show, the morning glory undergoes costume changes like no other floral diva. With normal fluctuations in pH levels, its petals will shift color from blue to pink,…
With more than 600 species in the Aster genus, you have a galaxy from which to choose the precise variety for your garden. Here's how you grow these lovely flowers from seed.
The phrase “small is beautiful” will almost certainly come to mind when one is confronted with the challenge of designing a garden for a compact space. Here are a few ideas that might help.
Making our gardens more attractive to birds, mammals, and other creatures does not require a lot of work.