One thing is for sure: there are plenty of tasks to complete in a garden before the spring planting season. Tasks you should tackle now include stripping away dead growth, deciding which flowers will ...

If your yard has sandy soil, you may be struggling to achieve the lush, thriving garden of your dreams. Luckily, there are ...

Good organic amendments for garden soils include wood byproducts such as sawdust and bark mulch, rotted manure, grass or wheat straw and compost. When using organic amendments, make sure that they ...

A thriving garden starts with good soil, and the best way to keep it healthy is with homemade organic fertilizers.

Marigolds are another insect-repelling plant, best known for their ability to deter aphids, white flies, root-knot nematodes, ...

I would like to improve the heavy clay soil in my vegetable garden. A friend suggested that I rototill several inches of sand to improve the drainage. Is that a good way to improve clay soil ...

Improve your soil by making biochar in the ground ... Last year, I committed one of the great sins of gardening: I let weeds go to seed. Cleaning up in fall, I faced down a ton of seed-bearing ...

March is the time for everything in the garden, it’s the time that spring begins and the whole magic starts again ...

Did you know that over 35% of American households engage in gardening activities As spring approaches, many of these households will eagerly dig into thei ...