Gardening Articles

Are you considering adding a shade tree to your landscape? The benefits of trees are innumerable and include oxygen production, pollution filtering, soil stabilizing, and environmental noise reduction to name a few. Shade trees, in particular, will increase the value of your property while enhancing the beauty of your surroundings….

As with most other plants, Fall is an excellent time to plant vegetables! Many vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower are of a higher quality when grown in the Fall, while others, like kale, develop better flavor after a frost. Spinach, chard, kale, collards, mustard, and arugula all grow rapidly…

Juicy, cool, and sweet, watermelon is the perfect summertime treat, and no Summer shindig is complete without this refreshing addition. Did you know that watermelon is also easy to grow? Impress your friends at your next Summer soiree with the freshest fruit straight from the garden. Let’s Begin Watermelon may…

Tomatoes…we wait patiently from Fall to Summer to enjoy this delectable Summer indulgence once again. There is nothing quite like a home-grown tomato, and we’d like to help you grow the most delicious crop ever this year. TOMATO BASICS When selecting which tomatoes to plant, it’s important to know that…

Do you think that beautiful roses are difficult to grow? Well, think again! It’s easy to be confused with so many rose growing recommendations and suggestions offered on the internet, in books, on product packaging, and, of course, from well-meaning friends and fellow gardeners. If you begin, however, with good…

Who doesn’t love peppers? Ranging in selections from crispy sweet to fiery hot, and in a variety of sizes, stretching from short and round, to long and skinny, to big and blocky, peppers are perfect for stuffing, frying, roasting, and eating raw. Peppers are the perfect Summer vegetable! They are…

This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for… Spring container planting! All through the long winter months, we eagerly await signs of Spring; however, the wait is now over! Garden centers are packed with their favorite cold tolerant annuals… perfect for your Spring container garden!  Not only can containers…

Indoor seed starting will give you a jump start on the gardening season and is an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Starting your plants from seed will also provide you with greater plant variety options. If you are a new gardener, don’t let seed starting scare you off. It’s simple; the…

For Eastern & Midwestern Regions: Vegetable gardening, it seems like everybody is doing it, and why not? Growing your own vegetables is healthy in so very many ways. But how can you be successful in your endeavors if you have less than optimal soil? Poor soil? No worries! Try growing…

For Eastern & Midwestern Regions: Raised bed planting is a great way to grow just about any edible, especially herbs! Why herbs, you ask? Because most herbs prefer the excellent drainage that a raised garden bed provides. Growing herbs may very well be one of gardening’s most gratifying experiences! Most…