(ARA) – With all the bending, lifting and stretching involved, gardening can be a fun and effective workout – if you know how to make the most of it.
Stacy Walters, registered kinesiotherapist, fitness director and creator of the Fit to Garden program, provides tips on how to turn a day of lawn and garden care [...]

(ARA) – While some people see gardening as simply playing in the dirt, the physical and mental benefits are well-documented. In addition to being good for your mind and body, sustainable gardening is a great way to be kind to the planet, and to connect you to nature and the food you eat.
Gardening is Good [...]

It’s not quite time to start winterizing your roses but I figured that now would be the perfect time to discuss the topic since you don’t want to leave your roses until winter is almost upon us. You will find that most roses should be winterized in November. More than likely they will still be [...]

When I first met my husband’s grandmother, it was at her tire shop. Yes, she owns a tire shop and there was something about the stacks of tires that all I could think about was how much fun it would have been being able to play with them as a kid. At the [...]

With all the talk of fall that I have had over the last week, I have almost given up hope and started packing in my outdoor furniture. Of course, it’s not really time to start resorting to such drastic measures and I will have a few weeks left to enjoy my outdoors.
Still, even with that [...]

Yes, it’s almost upon us; the end of summer.  For school children, the end of summer has arrived but for the happy gardener, there are still a few weeks of summer to enjoy before we have to start getting everything ready for winter.  Obviously, I am in a zone where we see long cold winters [...]

Everyone wants a beautiful landscape but most people feel they lack the time and expertise to cultivate the results they want. With a few simple eco-friendly changes in your fall landscape care, you can get more beautiful results with a limited investment of time and effort.
Triple Your Benefits
Cut the grass, recycle fall leaves and improve [...]

If you remember a few days ago, I went on and on about how great living wreaths are. Today, I am going to look at making one. 
What you need:

Wire Wreath Form
Sphagnum Moss
Small Well Rooted Plants
Floral U-pins
Fishing Line
Rubber Gloves
Scissors
Bucket

Before starting, a nice leisurely stroll through your local garden center is a wonderful way to find the [...]

With summer coming to an end, you may be interested in bringing your garden inside.  Over the next couple of days, I will look at creating a living wreath and ways to make it work for all spaces.  So sit back and enjoy.
For anyone that grows a well-tended garden, there is no limit to the [...]

As with soil-based gardens, hydroponic plants require good pest and disease control habits. The alternative is the same as with ‘ordinary’ gardens: spindly or dead plants. Since the majority of hydroponic plants are fruits and vegetables, that means: plants not worth eating.
But the situation with hydroponics is even trickier, since disease and pests have it [...]