Winter is a good time to make garden plans, and one constant issue gardeners face every growing season is weeds. While weeds can be frustrating, they can also be saying more about a yard than you ...

SOMETIMES IT IS extremely important to take one’s own advice and, for me, never is that more important than now. But we will get back to that in just a moment. A reader’s question came in last week ...

5 things to do in the garden this week: Fruits. Strawberry tree is a moniker attached to two arboreal species. One of them (Arbutus unedo) is a popular ornamental tree prized for its domed canopy and ...

It can be hard to resist on a sunny spring day, but don’t start digging in the garden too soon. “You can prevent a lot of problems from compacted soil if you wait a while,” said Spencer Campbell, ...

With the crack of dawn, somewhere, a gardener trudges into their garden. They squat down on the garden bed and start digging the soil with a shovel. For them, it’s as harmless as a cup of morning tea.

WE CAN ALL see that the daylight length is getting longer at each end of the day. In less than two weeks, spring officially begins. For many of you, this is a much-awaited event. Our beloved North ...

How much time and effort do you spend on your garden’s foundation? The soil is your plants’ nutrient source, and it can have a massive effect on your backyard crop haul. With this in mind, many ...

Cats are prone to digging up beds and borders, using the soft, loose soil as a litter tray. Deterring cats from digging up ...