Gardening Tools – A Short List of the Essential Ones You’ll Need to Tend to Your Garden
We love gardening and have more tools than, as the saying goes, you can shake a stick at. (What does that mean, anyway?) But when I think about it, you don't really need all the latest greatest from...
Garden Soil: What Is It, Why Is It Important to Your Plants, and How to Improve It
Soil is remarkable thing. Nothing more than a thin blanket that exists between sterile rock and the sky, soil supports all life and is itself, in some measure, the product of living things. It’s...
Perennials That Keep Your Garden Blooming All Summer (and Into the Fall)
So you want flowers blooming in your garden all summer long. That’s a great goal and your garden will be riot of colors from spring to fall. Don’t let anyone tell you it isn’t possible. With...
The 3 Keys to Starting Your Garden — What to Plant, When, and in What Order
There are a bunch of variables when planning a garden. First there’s just thinking through vegetables you want to grow, what you're going to do with them, and how much you need to grow. Then...
We may have no control over the weather, but you’re not entirely at the mercy of the elements when it comes to your garden. There are certain improvements you can make to grow some vegetables that...
How to Plan a Vegetable Garden (11 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start)
There are some key things you need to take into account when you're planning to start a garden — the who, what, where, when and why of it all. The good news is most of this is pretty...
