Whether you have a frost or a freeze warning on the way, you need to take these three steps to ensure your garden survives.

As anyone who has collected them can attest, pine cones are beautiful, but they're also useful in your home and garden.

On the hottest of summer days, we’re all thankful for a bit of shade, except when it comes to our gardens. Trying to plan a garden around a yard that ends up in the shade can be a real pain. But it ...

When thinking about edible plants and foraging for food, ferns are one of the first things that come to mind. But, whether you’re a seasoned forager or an inquisitive gardener, knowing the facts about ...

While bees and their remarkable raw honey generally get a lot of buzzingly good press, we often lose sight of the other amazing gifts they have to offer. Beeswax is an age-old, renewable material that ...

Ah, dandelions. Whether you love seeing them in your yard or detest them, you’ve got to admire their resilience. Despite our best efforts to purge them from our landscape, these happy weed ambassadors ...

I drink herbal tea nearly every day, often multiple times throughout the day. I love the variety of flavor combinations available. There is an herbal tea for every mood or ailment. A hot cup of tea is ...

The key to a low maintenance and low cost garden is to grow a variety of plants that readily self-seed. While most of the typical garden cultivars would require you to harvest, store, and then sow ...

Chamomile happens to be one of the oldest medicinal herbs known to man, referenced on ancient Egyptian papyrus as far back as 1550 BC, according to Traditional Roots, and yet most of us poke it in the ...

Note: This article was first published on January 25th 2023 and included ten plants. It proved incredibly popular and has now been updated to include fifteen plants that need a winter pruning. I’ve ...

Nothing strikes fear into my houseplant-loving heart more than going to water my plants and finding the tell-tale signs of spider mites. ‘Hmm, those leaves used to be a lot greener…and is that webbing ...

In the world of horticulture, peat moss possesses many qualities we want in a growing medium. Peat moss has a lightweight and spongy texture. It has the uncanny ability to hold on to air and moisture ...