Whether your tomato plants need a trap crop, a pollinator-magnet, or just a flower that grows well beside them, our list of ...

Companion planting can provide unique benefits to apple trees. From low-growing ground covers to aromatic herbs and flowering ...

Be on the lookout for garden pests in June. Place traps for apple maggots in your apple trees by the end of the month, ...

These pretty self-seeding flowers will drop seeds in your garden that will pop up the next growing season as new plants.

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The technique lets nature do the work and saves gardeners time and money. Gardener sparks debate over popular low-effort ...

These pretty flowers will drop seeds in your garden that will pop up the next growing season as new plants. Plant them once, ...

For seasoned gardeners, the month of June can be a bit tricky. Usually by now the spring flowers and crops are on their way ...

Celebrate National Pollinator Month this June by creating and maintaining a garden that attracts and supports these important ...

First of all, annuals are expendable – if you don’t like a certain plant, it’s easy enough to eliminate. Second, they are inexpensive. Third, they’re easy to propagate. Adding them to the perennial ...

Bees aren't the only beneficial flying insects. Avoid killing hover flies, which help with pollination and pest control.

Curious about why - and how - you should attract beneficial insects to the garden? Learn how in this post. As any gardener ...