Flower Bed Preparation
Be it spring or a new garden in the summer, flower beds need to be prepared for planting. Here's our step-by-step guide to preparing a flower bed.
Slowly Easing Into Spring
When your entire life revolves around growing plants, what happens when there's a cool and slow spring?
Spring Cleanup
The snow is melting, birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and we're itching to get into the garden. What to do first?
Sowing Your Own Seeds
Dormant Spraying
Nobody really enjoys to spray plants for insects or diseases. But if there is one and only one spray to apply in a year, it's a dormant spray. How and when and what does it do?
The Ultimate Lawn Care Guide
It's always nice to have beautiful green lawn, but how do you get the "ultimate" lawn? Read on for our version of the Ultimate Lawn Care Guide.
Spring Bulbs
Every spring we start to get the gardening itch. Spring bulbs are a great way to get a head start and scratch that itch. But calling them "bulbs" really isn't quite right.
Spring Garden Planning
Spring time is here! But we're getting cold nights still. So what kind of planning and planting can we do?
Grass Seed
There are lots of types of grass out there. Not all are suited for lawns so how do you really pick the mix you want?
Early Season Planting
When the first warm day comes, it's hard to resit the temptation to head into your garden and start working. There are a few things to keep in mind, though, since we do live in a rather cold climate.