Try spreading a thick layer of mulch, like wood chips or straw, around your plants. Mulch blocks sunlight, which keeps weed ...

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To help your perennials survive the winter, our pro gardener explains which of these you should mulch after the first hard ...

While you're cozying up during winter, your garden is working, growing cold-hardy plants and prepping for spring. The mulch ...

Composting leaves is good for your plants and reduces yard waste. Making natural wreaths is a creative way to brighten your ...

To make the soil rich enough to meet celery’s needs, I add chicken manure pellets, blood meal and alfalfa pellets prior to planting the starts. A thick mulch of rice straw rounds things out.

Some vegetables thrive in winter, giving you produce throughout the season - you just need to know the correct varieties to ...

Hydrangeas have sensitive roots that can easily rot once the ground freezes and risk next year's flowers, but there is a very ...

We live in northeast Arkansas and planted this maple six years ago. The leaves have these thin spots on them, but otherwise ...

This shoulder month between the warmth of early fall and the cold of early winter is still ideal for many garden activities.

Spanish moss is a symbol of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Here’s what to know about the plant’s historical significance and how it can be used in your backyard.

Q • My roses look fairly ugly. Should I cut them back now? Write to the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Center for Home Gardening ...