The plastic water bottle is one of the most ubiquitous objects in any household, and one of the least used to its potential. Recycling is the right destination ...
Garden furniture that has been well-maintained through several seasons still looks purposeful and cared for. Garden furniture that has been neglected tends to s...
Horticultural oil and neem oil are among the most broadly useful tools in the organic and integrated pest management gardener's arsenal. They show up on the sam...
Dividing perennials is one of those garden tasks that inspires more anxiety than it deserves. It sounds destructive. You are digging up something healthy, cutti...
A cocktail garden is one of those ideas that sounds indulgent but is entirely practical: a single container, or a small collection of pots, planted with herbs a...
Growing flowers for your own wedding has an undeniable romantic appeal, particularly once you've seen what florists charge for fresh blooms. It can also go side...
There's a particular kind of frustration that sets in when you've done everything right and a plant still declines. You've watered on schedule, positioned it in...
There's a point in nearly every flower garden, usually somewhere around the middle of summer, where the early enthusiasm starts to fade along with the blooms. T...
A weed is not a botanical category. It is simply a plant growing somewhere you didn't intend it to, and a surprising number of these uninvited guests do an exce...
Beneath the surface of every productive garden bed is an entire ecosystem at work: worms, fungal networks, bacteria and countless small creatures that quietly c...
