If I had a dollar for every time a well-meaning neighbor drowned a perfectly good hydrangea in bloom booster chemicals, I’d have a much bigger greenhouse. Let’s set the fertilizer bag down for a second and talk about how to feed these plants before you stress the roots or end up with more leaves than…
Your yard probably looks like a soggy pit right now. Good. That’s your sign spring is finally loosening its grip. If the soil is damp but not waterlogged, and your shovel can slide in without bouncing off frozen ground or coming up with a brick of mud, you can start planting the tough flowers that…
Even if nurseries were amateur-gardener-friendly, you won’t find flowers under the “most likely to survive a heatwave while you’re on vacation” category. You’re lucky if half the trays have name tags that haven’t faded yet. So here it is: your beginner-friendly cheat sheet for heat-tolerant flowers that can actually handle May planting and the summer…
Waiting for perfect weather is an April fool’s errand. You can either get in the dirt now or spend the rest of the season apologizing to your empty dinner plate. Anyway, a shovel in hand beats a grocery store receipt every time. Here are some of the best cold-hardy vegetables to plant in April before…
Is your garden looking a bit… chunky? Nature called, and it wants a makeover. You’ve got perennials? Ground covers? Shrubs? Sorry, you can’t escape your April destiny. Multiplication by Division Be the hero your plants need. They’re currently fighting for legroom like passengers in a budget airline cabin. Quick note: This list is mainly for gardeners…
Spring waits for no one, my fellow gardeners, especially those staring at empty flower beds. Your shovel is lonely; so give it some real work. Your outdoor space could use a personality upgrade immediately, and these seven shrubs deliver the color and life your yard’s been missing. If privacy is part of the mission too,…