Gardening Articles

Holiday plants are traditional gifts that can be enjoyed long after the Christmas season is over. How do we care for them now?

This year, when you hollow out that Halloween pumpkin, save the seeds to make a cool and colorful necklace. Here's how:

Although saving seeds is easy, not all are saved the same way. Here's a quick seed-saving guide for beginners.

Start saving those vegetable seeds! Here's a quick primer on the benefits of seed-saving and how to know when a seed is ripe.

If you get frost, it's important to put your garden "to bed." A thorough fall cleanup means a healthy, vital garden next spring!

 Although most houses these days are not equipped with root cellars, you can probably modify some space in your cellar or garage for storing vegetables.

You don't have to be in the jungle or deep forest to be an animal tracker. Tracks are as close as your backyard—or a critter nibbling in your garden! See our animal track pictures below for clues to animal behavior!

Would you like to extend your growing season? Our succession gardening chart below shows the last planting dates for second-season crops.

Here are some first aid tips for those annoying—and sometimes painful—insect bites and stings from ticks to bee stings to mosquitoes.

Make your yard butterfly-friendly to bring color and movement to the landscape while aiding the pollination of flowers, fruit, and vegetable plants.