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Some of the flowers, such as petunias, that you enjoyed into June will probably not tolerate the heat and humidity of summer.
Some garden weeds sneak in without you even noticing until they’re there. Others barge through like they own the place—and [… ...
Winter can feel like a time to avoid the garden, but these simple jobs can help keep things productive through the cooler ...
Some weeds can also provide important food sources to garden pollinators. Clover is a favorite nectar source of bees. Bronze fennel and Queen Anne’s lace attract predatory wasps and flies, as well as ...
Got weeds in your lawn? Me too. And although it's tempting to reach for a spray bottle, that shouldn't be our first impulse.Believe it or not, weeds aren't just freeloaders crashing our garden party.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Summer has ‘barely’ arrived, but outdoor temperatures are already soaring! By now ...
Lawn herbicides can volatilize when applied during hot weather. The vapors drift through the air and can cause plant damage ...
If you have a pile of newspaper hanging around, you can put them to work preventing weeds by laying them over the soil and ...
Kelly Rae Kirkpatrick, a Rochester educator and master gardener, nurtures both plants and community with everything she grows ...
Some of the best dried flowers are strawflowers, celosia, statice, baby’s breath, lavender, amaranth, roses, and hydrangeas.
It’s garden season. All the trees, bushes and pretty flowers in my backyard look so innocent. But I have learned – the hard way – that they are out to get me. They are a well-organized crime family, ...
I think now that I’m a bit older, I believe the leprechauns of life are out to get me. Continual irritations like the darn water not boiling because I forgot to turn the stove on, or the muffins I ...