March is a great month for trimming and tidying. Get it done now because a month from now you’ll be busy cleaning dirt from under your fingernails. March is one of the most important months of the year for fertilizing because it is the start of the growing season. Feed (16-16-16) fruit and ornamental trees, groundcovers, shrubs, perennials and annuals that have been in the ground at least six weeks. Feed your container...

People who love to garden also tend to enjoy watching butterflies flitting about. After all, butterflies are just as pretty to look at as the flowers that they visit. Gardeners can entice even more butterflies to visit their gardens by creating gardens specifically for butterflies. It’s quite easy to create a butterfly garden. You may even find that you already grow some flowers that attract butterflies. With just a...

By Bill Camarillo August is the time to enjoy tasty homegrown vegetables and fruits, and take pleasure in the beauty of green plants, trees and flowering annuals. It’s also time to plan your fall and winter gardens. Pick Your Summer Vegetables: Even with a modest garden, summer vegetables are in abundance and ripening continuously in August. You may have run out of recipes for all your zucchini and squash, but pick...

By Stephanie Gottschalk Your garden should be a relaxing, enjoyable place to be in every season. Keeping your outdoor space inviting is easy with these tips for yards and water gardens in the fall. 1. Keep the water in your outdoor fountain or garden pond free of fallen leaves. Not only can leaves and other fallen organic matter decompose in your pond and cause problems with bacteria and algae, they can also clog your...

By Sharon Sweeny As far as most gardeners are concerned, frost arrives too early in autumn and departs too late in spring. Most gardeners look for ways to start things growing outdoors in spring when the days turn warmer, even if temperatures dip below freezing at night. In autumn we try to find ways to keep things growing while the days are still warm, even as the nights become increasingly colder. Here are 5 things...

By Sally Robson If you are a garden lover, but have no space for your gardening, don’t worry, gardening is not necessarily out of your reach. In the available space of your house, say balcony, patio, deck, or sunny window, you can create a container garden, which will not only bring you joy, but also vegetables. So, why not start container gardening yourself? In the past, gardening has been exclusively associated with...

Organic gardening can be one of the most rewarding hobby of all. Growing organic definitely has some string rules that need to be abided for your own health.Growing organic definitely has some string rules that need to be abided for your own health. It is pretty obvious that growing organic requires no pesticides to be involved anywhere in the process. If you plan on growing vegetables or herbs that are to be consumed...

Sometimes a gardener runs into this special problem: some plants do poorly regardless of care, or the whole garden grows too slowly, looks stunted, and has a high mortality rate. If this happens to you, examine the seven special soil problems and solutions listed below. If none of them provide an answer to your situation, read our article on drainage. ALKALINE SOIL Alkaline soil, common in light-rainfall areas of the...