Last week, we talked about all the coleus varieties I'm looking forward to growing in my garden this year. Today, I'd like to share some of my favorite hints for growing coleus successfully.
If you’re like me, you brought a lot of your tender herb plants into the house at the end of summer. After several months of dry indoor air, a lack of beneficial insects and salt softened water, most of our plants are beginning to suffer.
Down on your legume luck? Identify what could be plaguing your crop and take steps right away to remedy the situation.
I like interspersing annuals into all my perennial borders—sun and shade alike—because they provide near-constant color and are fast-growing.
I spent last evening watching The Lorax with my kids. I found it timely in light of what's happening with our native ginseng (Panex quinquefolius).
Forget the plastic cups and peat pots. Soil blocks are an eco-friendly way to get your seeds started and make transplanting a cinch.
If you have a shovel and some buckets (or better still, a pickup truck), call your own municipality and ask if a pile of leaf compost is available to residents.
Reap the benefits of the elderberry bush by paying careful attention to the harvest of this plant.
It’s no secret: I'm an advocate for weeds. As soon as the first chickweed leaves are ready in the spring, I search for as many as I can greedily stuff into my mouth.
Enhance your cooking by growing your own varieties of onions and other members of the allium family.
I'm planning to try a few new herbs in my garden this year. Although old standby's like oregano, dill, thyme and basil will always have a home, I'm hoping to get a little more adventurous in both the garden and the kitchen this year by trying these slightly out-of-the-box herbs.
In the dead of January, it can be particularly difficult to imagine that you’ll soon be needing to prepare the ground for planting.
