Starting a garden means walking into a hardware store and facing walls of tools engineered to separate you from your cash. The hedging shears with ergonomic grips. The battery-powered weed pullers.

Open-pollinated: A plant that has been naturally pollinated. Open-pollinated seeds can be saved from year to year and planted ...

Dogwood trees have a shallow root system that benefits from mulch to help retain moisture and keep soil temperatures even. Learn how and the proper time to mulch a dogwood tree.

These low-maintenance perennials produce gorgeous blue flowers, and if you want abundant blooms, make sure they're not ...

March is when greedy perennials quietly wake beneath the soil and start rebuilding roots. Time your spring feed now and those borders can explode into far bigger, longer-lasting colour. By early March ...

Some flowering perennials need a little boost of nutrients from a low-nitrogen fertilizer in the spring to ensure they bloom abundantly later in the season.

Hardy Geraniums, low-maintenance perennials with continuous blooms, provide a long flowering season, resilience, and ...

Are you picky AND frugal? Do you know exactly what you want and enjoy hunting for the best price? Are you not satisfied with the choices on the shelves? Going shopping anywhere today makes all of us ...

The region's snow cover was a mixed blessing, as it protected plant life from the cold while inviting trouble from deer, voles, and mold.

Learn how to get rid of weeds without killing grass with our comprehensive guide. Discover effective techniques and ...

Sheep and cattle grazing together on Menoken Farm perennials are in the sixth year of the perennial and annual crop rotations ...

Nine National Trust gardens to visit in the North West this spring, from daffodils at Dunham Massey to blossom at Gawthorpe Hall.