Many of our readers have asked, so here it is, my simple tomato feeding routine and preferred fertilizers for incredible tomatoes every year.

Seed tape can be a handy tool for the gardener, but there are a few downsides to it. This product gets rid of them and makes ...

After years of searching I found the perfect mulch for my garden - pine flakes. Let me show you why it's the best mulch.

If you just can't get the hang of growing lavender, here are a few alternatives with similar sun and soil requirements.

The nation's 250th birthday is this Independence Day. Plant a patriotic semiquincentennial flower garden with these flowers.

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 ...

Chances are good that you found this article because you are thinking about planting cucumbers in your garden – and wish nothing but the best for their, and your, success. Or perhaps these companions ...

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 ...

When I first started gardening in earnest, my learning zeal was as high as the leggy tomatoes I was growing. I was humble enough to know that I didn’t know much, so I’d devour one book a week on the ...

As the first signs of spring arrive, and winter fades into the rear view mirror, you will likely be busy planting many of the crops that will sustain you for the rest of the year. This time of year, ...

You could say we have an obsession with compost around here. And why wouldn’t we? It’s the perfect organic soil amendment – nutrient-rich and filled with microbial life – that we can make ourselves, ...