JUST ADD CAREX

SEDGES MAKE VALUABLE COMPANIONS FOR SHOWIER PERENNIALS

A Walk Among Flowers

Labyrinth gardens offer a path to peacefulness

WHEN THE Queen Abdicates

Without a queen to rule, your hive can't survive.

FOWL FACTS

Let's explore some random poultry facts ... from a possible bird brain!

FLERD is the Word

Explore the benefits and barriers of multispecies pasturing.

Turkeys for the Home Table

Raise your own birds for a tastier and healthier holiday meal.

raise STRONGER CHICKENS

Look around your kitchen, and you'll likely find some natural poultry supplements.

Winter's Last Stand

Early warm weather followed by a late frost can easily ruin an orchard harvest.

Creating STOCK

Breed and raising your own replacement layers for a small-scale egg operation.

A DUCK FOR ALL Seasons

Care for ducks throughout the year with this seasonal guide.

Meet Li Schmidt

At Cultural Roots Nursery, in Winters, California, Li Schmidt grows more than 100 Asian-heritage vegetables, herbs, fruit and trees on 1⁄4 acre.

Climate-Resilient Crops

Farmers operating large commercial outfits and smaller, hobby growers alike are facing new challenges season after season.

Pumpkins & Gourds

Tyler Swafford’s enthusiasm for raising pumpkins and gourds is contagious. The lifelong farmer, himself the descendent of a lifelong farmer, makes his home on Dayton Mountain overlooking Tennessee’s Sequatchie Valley.

GET IT GROWING

Five ways to create or expand a vegetable garden

LESSONS FROM THE PAST

More than a century ago, Nature Study advocates sought to connect schoolchildren with the science of landscapes and gardens

LET'S SPLIT IT

THE INS AND OUTS OF PROPAGATION BY DIVISION

WINTER READING

Recent releases that excite the gardener’s mind

an armistice with Orange

ONE DESIGNER'S TRUCE WITH AN AGE-OLD NEMESIS

GARDENS OF Quebec

TWO STORIED JARDINS WARRANT A JOURNEY NORTH FROM THE CAPITAL CITY

Interior Divine

GOT THE WINTER BLUES? HERE'S HOW TO GET HAPPY WITH SOME NEW HOUSEPLANTS

NEW PLANTS - Fragrant selections

EACH YEAR, plant brands release exciting new cultivars to market, the results of years of breeding, selecting, trialing and propagating. New plants are bred to enhance traits that make them stand out against comparable cultivars-and in your garden.

RHODIOLA ROSEA

This widespread succulent boasts a long history of helpfulness

A Little TLC

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE to grow hardy cyclamen. I have several educated guesses, which I define as guesses forged in failure, as to why.

HORTPOURRI

Another batch of Greg’s hardwon tips, and a further update on that frozen Fuyu persimmon tree

BRIE ARTHUR

Evolution of a plant lady

6 Pro Garden Design Secrets

Starting a garden can feel overwhelming. And sometimes it’s hard to know if you’ll like something until you’ve seen it. By then, you’ve spent enough hours, hard work and money that it’s tough to make a change.

2024's Best New Plants!

Instead of ringing in the new year with champagne and balloons, why not treat yourself to a few new plants that you can enjoy through the growing season? There are a lot of interesting introductions to get excited about this year.

Bee Balm

Butterflies and pollinating insects can't resist this bold summer perennial.

Dreaming of Summer

Unless you are lucky enough to live where it’s warm year round, when winter starts to drag on, it may feel as if the garden is awash in dreary, monochromatic browns and grays. Time to close your eyes and dream of summer—a colorful season when foliage is vibrant, fl owers are blooming and pollinators are active. If you need a bit of summer inspiration, here are three colorful low-maintenance combos that will also attract wildlife. Who wouldn’t dream of that?

Reader Tips

GREAT IDEAS FROM SMART GARDENERS