To achieve a pleasing effect, use a variety of flower and foliage forms and textures and a harmonious color scheme.

A few hours each week spent outdoors nurturing fruits, flowers and vegetables can provide exercise, stress reduction, vitamin D and a better diet.

• Before the heat and dry air of spring and summer, update your irrigation system to in-line drip, flexible tubing with ...

I GOT INTO the environmental restoration business by accident. After military tours at sea and in Iraq as a Marine grunt and sniper, I demobilized back to Salt Lake City, where my family had relocated ...

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Removing weeds as soon as they appear, before their roots fully anchor into the soil, is best for the garden, as well as your ...

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THAT little rodent in Pennsylvania will let us know how long winter will last. But since it will be a new month, February is a time for many a gardener to get busy in preparation for “spring gardening ...

This method, popularized by Trudi Davidoff, lets you start seeds outdoors during winter using simple containers as mini greenhouses.Winter sowing harnesses nature’s cold stratif ...

Use hardware cloth to exclude chipmunks from garden beds, says Owen. Cover seeds or bulbs with ¼-inch hardware cloth, and ...