What is a green manure? What are the advantages of using a green manure? How to make a green manure fertiliser? I answer ...

Following a dry summer, gardeners will be even keener than usual to lavish composts, manures and other bulky organic matter on their garden to feed soil and plants and to boost moisture-holding ...

Move the vulnerable plants to slightly more shaded areas and replace them with plants known to shrug off drought without watering. Echinops, eryngium, hylotelephium (Sedum), lavender, nepeta and ...

Gardeners are encouraged to begin winter preparations for their roses now, using a natural yet very effective method to keep ...

The fall is the perfect time to prepare for a beautiful spring garden. Here's one thing that you can add to your soil to ...

As your vegetable garden winds down for the season, it can be tempting to simply let it rest until spring. But what if you ...

Propagating roses from cuttings in late spring or early summer lets you easily grow more blooms for your garden. Choose ...

If you shop for fertilizer in Connecticut this fall, you will see some labels missing from shelves, more paperwork behind ...

Now that recent rains have softened up the soil it is time to begin planting garlic. I spend a good deal of time and money on beefing up the soil before planting. It pays off with huge bulbs in early ...

Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit ...

This combination also provides a continuous harvest throughout the growing season. Perfect for the cook who wants fresh ...

If you’ve ever thought about starting a veggie patch, spring is the perfect time to turn your plans into produce.