This weekend's yard jobs include "cleaning up" some of the landscape, building a compost pile, and saying goodbye to the sale ...

You often see people creating compost heaps out of old leaves, plants, grass and other scraps and it’s a great idea, but why ...

The weather warms. The snows recede, and vast swaths of wild flora mat the terrain. The first shoots of the perennials are ...

Fall asters are long-lived perennials. The plants die to the ground soon after they finish blooming. Trim the spent stems ...

Tucked on the rugged shore of the vast Pacific Ocean, the Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge is easily one of Oregon's most ...

Autumn is the best time to weed your garden in order to stop them becoming a huge problem next spring. Weeds should be ...

If you think an allium is for you, the important thing is to understand when and how to plant your bulbs so that you can ...

That first frost in a garden can be a complete game changer; bedding plants, dahlias and summer vegetables like beans, ...

Here’s a little known fact: the purple-blooming weeds like henbit and deadnettle that are spotted in the spring are growing ...

Pruning may not seem like a lot of fun, but it is a key task that can really improve the appearance of your garden ...

"Another time-honored method, but the toughest on the plants, is to hang the geraniums upside down in a paper bag." ...

It's important to take care to protect your garden's tender plants ahead of the colder winter days and nights ahead.