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 [...]

In these times of severe drought in many parts of the country, consumers are desperate for plants that will make their gardens shine, in spite of water restrictions. The secret is selecting plants that are naturally not thirsty.
Many of our own native plants, water-storing cactus and succulents for example, have evolved over time to tolerate [...]

New Plants and Garden Accessories Take a Starring Role in Outdoor Rooms this Spring
(ARA) - From show-stopping roses to containers rich in history, Spring 2008 promises to be an exciting year for garden lovers.
“Gardening this year will be easier than ever before, and a lot more fun, thanks to exciting new plants and smart new [...]

Whether you’re tucking in your outdoor garden before frigid temperatures hit or counting on your indoor plants to satisfy your need for green this winter, you’ll need to do a bit of work to keep your leafy friends happy and healthy until spring.
Winter is generally a harsh time for plants — indoors and out, but [...]

For a lot of people, there just is not enough time throughout the year to plant and grow the garden that they would really like to have. And this is often caused by their location in the country as a lot of parts have snow on the ground for a good bit of the year. [...]

If you are a Rosarian, no matter where you live, you will want to winterize your roses.  There is a school of thought that says winterizing is not necessary for some roses in some colder climates.  But, while some climates permit minimal winter preparation and some rose varieties require little work for the winter, all [...]

The fall has arrived, and while some people take this season as indicative of a time to stop doing yard work, it can actually be a time to do some beautiful yard work. Fall is known for its beautiful colors, and you can make those a part of your garden by doing some fall gardening.
Think [...]

Winter can be an extremely fun time.  Ski trips and blankets of white splendor all around.  Holidays swoop in to annihilate our diets.  Old friends and family members from all around suddenly appear on our doorsteps.  Ah, yes, winter can be a joyous time but not necessarily for your roses.
Hopefully, before you planted your roses [...]

There are so many different options that you have when it comes to spring gardening, and so it is easy to see why spring is gardener enthusiasts’ favorite time of the year. If you are interested in getting into spring gardening but are not sure where to start, then there are a few basic spring [...]

I thought I’d share some of these lovely winter photos from gardens around the globe:
“Winter Berries” by Tia Lush in London:

“Snow Drops” by Lyris Godoy in Munich, Bayern, Germany - “Snow Drops (Galanthus nivalis) flowering during the snowy Danish winter… a beautiful gift from Mother Nature :o)”

Leave me a comment if you have a winter [...]

Cold or Hot Greenhouse
Most crops for winter greenhouse vegetable gardening doesn’t necessarily need to be heated; only certain plants need extreme heat year round, tropical fruits for example can need extra heat in the winter.  Most leafy and root vegetables will do well in the fall and winter months; winter greenhouse vegetable gardens are protected [...]

When most people consider gardening, they think primarily about the seasons of spring and summer. However, there are methods that you can employ to expand your planting season into the fall and winter months as well. In fact, winter vegetable gardening can be a great way to bring fresh produce to your dinner table without [...]

Know Your Frost
Knowing when the first frost is common in your particular area of the country is important for fall and winter vegetable gardening; some areas of the country aren’t likely to have a frost until late October, some areas will frost as early as late September, while others still never frost at all. 
Frost is [...]