Horticulture
REALLY GOOD ROSES
The latest cultivars to prove themselves in nationwide trials
7 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
Unbridled COLOR Combos
PAIR A BRIGHT-LEAVED MAIN CHARACTER WITH EQUALLY BOLD COMPANIONS FOR LASTING DRAMA IN THE GARDEN
7 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
TANGLING WITH VINES
I'M GUESSING that vines, pound for pound, produce the highest ratio of leaf surface per support structure of any terrestrial plant.
2 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
A LIVELY LANDSCAPE
Historic garden cemeteries, such as Rhode Island's Swan Point, can delight a visiting plant lover
10 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
HEADING NORTH
AS WINTERS TREND WARMER, NORTHERN GARDENERS CAN TURN TO THESE PROMISING SOUTHERN NATIVES
7 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
SAY HELLO TO HELICONIAS
Tired of the same ol' cannas or dahlias in your summer garden scheme? It's time to get acquainted with heliconias
9 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
GARDEN GOAL: MORE SPRING BULBS
Take these five steps now to ensure a better bulb display next spring
7 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
SOUTHERN COMFORTS
A look at the woody plants and perennial wildflowers that make Ecoregion 8 sing with life
6 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
BUDBURST
Gardeners can help scientists understand plants' responses to climate change
3 min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
BOBBY WARD A scholar of plants and plantspeople
BOBBY WARD IS ONE of the most respected names in the world of horticulture.
10+ min |
Spring 2025
Horticulture
PENSTEMONS ARE PERFECTION
THIS NORTH AMERICAN GENUS OFFERS INTRIGUING FLOWERS ON DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS
7 min |
Spring 2025
Garden Gate
WHICH shade PERENNIAL IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Hosta is a shade gardener’s best friend. With thousands of cultivars to choose from in a wide range of sizes, shapes and foliage colors, it offers endless ways to keep your borders fresh and exciting.
3 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
Drought - Tolerant Beauty
Faced with hot, dry summers, this gardener has created a resilient garden filled with tough plants.
7 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
Viburnum
This versatile group of shrubs has year-round garden appeal. Which one is right for your garden?
9 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
8 Solutions for Spring Garden Problems
Spring is full of anticipation and hope for a successful garden season.
4 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
Spring Ephemerals to Treasure in the Garden
When you walk through the woods in early spring before the trees leaf out, you may be delighted to see lovely wildflowers blooming before anything else is even up and growing.
10 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
How Many Hydrangeas Are Too Many Hydrangeas?
Since I was a teenager and read Summer Since Sisters by Judy Blume for the first time, I have wanted to vacation on Martha's Vineyard.
1 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
Annual eranium
Bold blooms and fancy foliage keep your garden filled with color from planting to frost.
9 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
POWDERY MILDEW
Learn how to identify, control and prevent this common fungal disease.
3 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
THE BIG HAUL
WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS, HEAVY LIFTING IN THE GARDEN GETS A LOT EASIER. THESE ARE OUR FAVORITES!
5 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Garden Gate
GARDEN ESSENTIALS ELEVATE YOUR GARDEN WITH RAISED BEDS.
ELEVATE YOUR GARDEN WITH RAISED BEDS.
3 min |
Issue 182 - Spring 2025
Hobby Farms
Get LOW in Spring
There comes a time when we all just want to start planting in our gardens again, and a low tunnel provides an earlier-is-better option.
3 min |
March - April 2025
Hobby Farms
Making Bucks from Clucks
These five reasons might be why you're losing money on your chickens.
7 min |
March - April 2025
Hobby Farms
Soil Testing
Whether you are new to farming altogether or you are leasing your farmland to a producer who is unfamiliar with the practice, becoming knowledgeable about the acts of soil testing and them applying recommended soil amendments based on soil test results provides tremendous advantages to the soil, plants, and your pocketbook.
7 min |
March - April 2025
Hobby Farms
Small-But-Mighty Hot Peppers
You don’t have to have a lot of garden space or an especially long growing season to succeed with hot peppers.
6 min |
March - April 2025
Hobby Farms
Laying AN EGG
Maintaining correct male-to-female ratios and keeping flocks of younger breeding fowl will help ensure higher fertility and hatching rates.
7 min |
March - April 2025
Hobby Farms
from my garden
Small-But-Mighty Hot Peppers
6 min |
March - April 2025
Hobby Farms
Seed-Starting Soil Temps
Don't miss out on growing time by focusing only on the air temperature.
4 min |
March - April 2025
Hobby Farms
FORAGE FOR FOWL
Consider these three cool-season forages as you plant your pasture with free-range poultry in mind.
2 min |
March - April 2025
Hobby Farms
Cut-And-Come Lettuce
Maximize your profits while minimizing time to grow and seed costs with this easy cut-and-come approach to growing lettuce salad mix.
6 min |