Once your plants look raggedy (yellowing leaves, sluggish growth, bitter cukes), it’s time for a gentle goodbye. Pull ’em up, ...

Plant garlic and shallots this fall for bigger bulbs and a summer harvest—your garden’s promise for the future.

Garlic is essentially hands-off, and then you get to harvest home-grown garlic next June. Plus, garlic keeps a pretty long ...

Mulch can be useful for minimizing weeds, but it is also a liability. Even 2 inches of ground bark mulch on a flower bed can ...

Featured workshops include the ins and outs of compost, vermiculture and worm wrangling, ancient corn, and sustainable ...

You find hydrangeas at local box stores. Look for hydrangea arborescens, smooth hydrangeas. These are particularly hardy. The ...

Landscape trees and shrubs have been showing heat stress, but the daylight has decreased as well. Deciduous plants slow chlorophyll production now in preparation for winter dormancy.

Hardneck garlic needs vernalization — or a period of cold — for proper bulb development. That’s why it is planted in the fall. Garlic takes very little space in the garden, so you can experiment with ...

Just because autumn begins in a few short weeks, there’s no reason to stop gardening and improving your home and landscape. Autumn is the best time to plant new trees in the landscape and to improve ...

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Garlic is a beloved aromatic plant that is a staple in a myriad of cuisines. It’s also been used for centuries for its purported healing properties, including protecting against the common cold and ...