As the short, cold days of winter drag on, slowly lengthening, our fingers itch to dig in warm, crumbly soil again. We flip ...
January is the start of a new gardening year, but there is often an illusion that it is a very slow month in the garden. The ...
While gardens might seem to sleep during the winter, there’s no sleeping on the job for serious gardeners. This is the time to prune, plan and prepare the garden so it will emerge, ready to ...
Go to bit.ly/IPMSeasonalChecklist and select the region in which you are located. This will take you to a month-by-month ...
Swiss chard is an easy vegetable to grow anywhere: a container, in a vegetable garden, or the landscape as an ornamental ...
The book “Grasses for Gardens and Landscapes” is a comprehensive guide filled with expert maintenance techniques and an encyclopedia of garden-worthy grasses.
With this in mind, Chamberlain has written RHS Grow Food Anywhere, in which she breaks down the environments found in gardens into seven zones, from sunny and sheltered to shady and dry, and the ...
Keep a garden journal. Consult your journal in the winter, so you can better plan for the growing season. Central/Eastern Oregon: To prevent winter damage from drying, water plants deeply every six to ...
Some common plants are toxic for pets and a few can be fatal. Here’s a guide about which ones are safe and which are not.