Horticulture
ANDREW BUNTING
Helping build a better city through public horticulture
7 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
Top Tomatoes, Perfect Peppers
How to make 2026 your best year for these favorite crops
6 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
HOW TO GARDEN SMART
“WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER.” No doubt you’ve heard this before, usually from some consultant sent down by Corporate. Sounds great, but a week later, what? Your boss is telling you to stop thinking so much and work harder!
2 min |
Winter 2025
Garden Gate
SHARED WISDOM
My “stone age” began in my childhood, when my dad would take our family on hikes to the creek behind our house.
7 min |
Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
2026's Best New Plants!
While it's a bit soon to start planting, this time of year is great for dreaming and making plans for the upcoming season.
10 min |
Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
Pretty Permaculture
After some home construction, Joseph and Shalyn Donofro’s zone 5 backyard was left with low-quality, compacted soil and not much of anything else. They envision a beautiful space that supports their young family’s healthy lifestyle goals, teaches responsibility to their children and enables them to spend quality time outdoors together. They want the cottage garden aesthetic, as well as the benefits of basic permaculture practices, which encourage sustainability and enrich the well-being of both the garden and the gardeners.
4 min |
Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
The Giving Garden
This award-winning garden is rooted in personal connections.
8 min |
Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Horticulture
RAIN, HAIL & SNOW NETWORK
In this collaborative, volunteers measure and help map precipitation
3 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE
How quantum computers may help us recognize and build more perfect ecologies
4 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS
Meet the 2025 class of ornamental AAS winners
8 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
Cutting Gardens
You don't need a sprawling estate to grow your own bouquets
4 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
A YEAR-END REVIEW
Looking back at some highs, lows and lessons learned in the 2025 gardening season
6 min |
Winter 2025
Hobby Farms
EGGS IN WINTER
When natural lighting decreases in winter, it's natural to get fewer eggs from your chickens. But adding artificial lighting can keep production going strong.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
Ice-melt Alternatives
While snow totals vary from year to year, there's one thing you can always count on in winter in northern climates: Ice.
6 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
Safe Use of Pesticides
For those who use pesticides, their safe handling should be a paramount concern. Darrell Hensley, Ph.D., an extension specialist with the University of Tennessee Extension explains key areas of pesticide safety.
7 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
HAY STORAGE
Make your harvest last with these efficient tips.
4 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
FENCE & GATE REPAIR
Sometimes the farm fence or gate needs repair. Here are six cost- effective (and easy) fixes for fences and gates on the farm.
8 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
One & Done!
Our lives are busier than ever — there never seems to be enough time to get it all done! — so here are five one-pan meals to the rescue.
7 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
MINI LOP RABBITS
Mini lop rabbits are small, but not the smallest of the lop breeds.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
Faithful Farm Dogs
Farm dogs are having a renaissance, and they're finally getting the attention they deserve.
8 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
Feeling HOT, HOT, HOT
MAKE YOUR OWN FERMENTED HOT PEPPER SAUCE.
6 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
ATV/UTV Farm Use
Once upon a time, the typical farmer needed little more than a single, trusty tractor to handle most of the jobs and tasks on a farm.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Hobby Farms
Goodnight Garden
It's time to think about the cold season and getting the garden ready.
5 min |
November / December 2025
Horticulture
Berries of Blue
Add a late splash of that elusive garden color with these fruiting plants
8 min |
Fall 2025
Horticulture
putting down Roots
All you need to know to grow cold-tolerant carrots, parsnips, beets and more
5 min |
Fall 2025
Horticulture
When to cut back asters
Spent asters can be left standing in the fall.
1 min |
Fall 2025
Horticulture
MANGO DREAMS
A brief horticultural history of one treasured tropical fruit
8 min |
Fall 2025
Horticulture
MONARCH JOINT VENTURE
Partnering to conserve an iconic butterfly
3 min |
Fall 2025
Hobby Farms
Heal My Aching BONES
HERBS CAN OFTEN HELP CALM MUSCLES, TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS, AS WELL AS SOOTHE THE BODY'S PAINS.
5 min |
Healing Herbs 2026
Hobby Farms
Chamomile
THIS BRIGHT HERB IS EASY TO GROW.
3 min |