Like most green thumbs, I rarely say no to a trip to the garden center. Who doesn’t love the smell of damp earth and growing ...

Bridal wreath spirea are a beautiful flowering shrub for any garden, but there are a few interesting things about them you ...

There’s an episode of the beloved 90s sitcom Friends, where it’s revealed that Monica (self-proclaimed neat freak) has a ...

Hold up! Before you put that pepper seedling in the ground, read this. There are a few important things you need to do when ...

Now that my tomato seedlings are underway, I’m turning my attention to planting flowers once again.  I have two large boxes ...

Have you ever had a gardening dream that you just couldn’t let go of? No matter what you planted, you wouldn’t feel that you’d “made it” as a gardener unless you accomplished this one specific goal.

Wood chip mulch is an attractive ground cover that enhances the health of your soil and the plants you grow. For many gardeners, carpeting the landscape with organic mulches becomes an indispensable ...

I knew it was the right time to write about irises when someone in a local group posted a wheelbarrow full of them with the message: Hi, I’m lifting bearded irises. They’re free, just take them! Mauve ...

Whenever we get a good cold snap where I live, my southern family likes to remind me that I choose to live where we have cold winters. I usually retort that I prefer to live where the weather can’t ...

Many years ago, when I first discovered that a surefire way to get free houseplants was to bring some in from the garden, you would have thought I’d hit the jackpot. When you’re a plant-obsessed ...

Self-reliance is a very beautiful and practical way of living to strive for, which offers many rewards, mostly beyond the monetary realm. Yet, there are a few intrepid homesteaders out there who want ...

I’m of the mind that there are few landscaping problems that more plants can’t solve. Need privacy, better drainage, weed displacement, or to cover up an ugly view? Well, there’s a plant for that. So ...