Gardening Articles

Share: 

Free Almanac Newsletters

Weather, sky watch, gardening, recipes, good deals, and everyday advice!

 

Celery Stalks

Celery: Bland and...

Celery is one of the most underrated vegetables. Most people would never think of this humble stalk...
deer-resistant-plants

Deer-Resistant Plants

See our list of deer-resistant plants and flowers to keep the hungry herds away from your garden!...
baking-cooking-apples-recipes

Best Apples for Baking...

Not all apples are ideal for cooking! Below is a chart with some of the best apples for baking—from...
Row of Pumpkins

Pumpkins

Whether you use them for carving or cooking, pumpkins do not disappoint. Here’s how to grow your...
Monday's Rose

Roses

How do you plant a rose bush? How do you grow roses? Our Rose Plant Guide will get your started—...
Fire Cider

Fire Cider and How to...

Fire Cider boosts your health with herbs stewed in apple-cider vinegar. Fire Cider. The very name...
Protecting Garden from Frost

Protecting Your Garden...

Here are tips on how to protect your garden from frost and design a garden to reduce frost damage—...
Seed Catalogs

How Long Do Seeds Last?

How long do garden seeds last? How do you tell if your old seeds are still good? Let’s find out!...
Mistletoe Berries

Plants of the Winter...

Winter solstice occurs at almost midnight on December 21, marking the official start of winter. It...
care-for-christmas-poinsettia

History of the...

Where does the poinsettia come from? Where was this traditional Christmas plant discovered? Are...
Fall Garden Tasks

Fall Chores: Autumn...

It’s time to start on those fall garden chores. Here is a to-do list for fall vegetable garden...
preparing-garden-winter-fall-cleanup

Preparing Your Garden...

Check out our tips for preparing your garden for frost and overwintering your plants in order to...
Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Fall Leaves: Why Do...

Why do leaves change color in the fall? When exactly do they change, and how does the process occur...
Winter Rye

Cover Crops for U.S.

Once your fall crops are done, replenish the soil for the months ahead with cover crops—and give...
Compass Four Winds

Landscaping: Tune In To...

The New Year is coming. One way to honor this turning point is to celebrate the four directions or...
Extra! Dec 2015 Food

Warning: It’s Fruitcake...

Soon they will be upon us— hundreds of them. Sodden with alcohol, their massive bodies bulging with...
winter-landscaping-plants

Winter Landscaping

You might not think about landscaping in winter, but your yard can be just as beautiful in the...
Outdoor Christmas Tree

Keeping Your Christmas...

While most of us think about Christmas trees only in December, for growers of cut-your-own trees,...
Holly Bushes

Happy Holly Days

It’s red berry time and with bunches of fresh holly leaves and berries or branches of winterberries...
Winter Squash Birds

Winter Squash (and...

Nothing speaks of fall and winter like the appearance of winter squashes and pumpkins in stores,...
saving gladiolus

Saving Gladiolus

In some places, gladiolas can be left in the ground all winter. In colder climates, though, they...
Pumpkins and winter squash, warts, peanuts

Pumpkins and winter...

This Thanksgiving, display some unusual pumpkin and squash varieties.  Have you seen those warty...
Robin and Berries

Gardening for the Birds

Here are five tips for making your backyard more bird-friendly. It takes more than just hanging a...
snowy tree cricket HGW

Where the Wild Things...

November the first. You’ve unmothballed your winter sweaters and laid in a supply of hand-warmers....
Planting Garlic

Planting Garlic in the...

Fall is traditionally the time to plant garlic in many regions. Just like onions and other plants...
Cranberry Bowl

Cranberries: Get ’Em...

Among only a few native North American fruits cultivated commercially in the modern era,...
Embedded thumbnail for How to Ripen Green Tomatoes

How to Ripen Green...

When temperatures begin to drop, tomatoes stop ripening so it’s time to take action! Fruits can be...
Rodent-proof Flower Bulbs

Rodent-proof Flower...

Are you tired of planting tulips and crocus bulbs only to have them disappear because mice and...
Eagle Pumpkin

How to Carve a Pumpkin

When it comes to pumpkin carving, the idea is to have fun. We’ve got tips on carving the best...
Beets from the Garden

Storing Beets with Wood...

Though I have used sand to store my beets in the root cellar for many years, this year I decided to...
Potatoes in root cellar

Getting Potatoes Ready...

Digging potatoes has got to be one of the most pleasurable aspects of gardening. It’s buried...
Embedded thumbnail for Preparing Your Garden for Winter

Preparing Your Garden...

It’s sometimes difficult to motivate yourself to garden when the growing season is over, but there...
Sliced Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe

Cantaloupes, or muskmelons, are a delicious and much-loved melon. They are a heat-loving fruit with...
Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potato

The sweet potato is a warm-season, spreading vegetable of tropical origin. Here’s how to grow sweet...
yellow-yarrow-planting-growing

Yarrow

Yarrow is a hardy perennial with showy flower heads composed of many tiny, tightly-packed flowers....
sage-planting-growing-harvesting

Sage

Sage is a hardy perennial with soft, grayish green leaves. Here’s how to grow sage in your garden!...
Embedded thumbnail for How to Water Vegetables for Better Taste

How to Water Vegetables...

Improve the flavor of tomatoes and other vegetables just by the way you water your garden. Here’s ...
Seed-Saving

How to Save Vegetable...

Save the seeds from some of your favorite garden vegetables to replant again next year! Here’s our...
Peonies and Ants

Ants on Peonies

The peonies in my backyard always have ants crawling on the flower buds. Many people think ants are...
poison-oak-identify-treat

Poison Oak: Identifying...

Here are ways to identify poison oak as well as some home remedies to treat poison oak rash.  What...
Cilantro/Coriander

Coriander and Cilantro

Coriander/cilantro is a fast-growing, aromatic, annual herb that grows best in the cooler weather...
Beet Kvaas

Beet Kvass Recipe

Beet kvass is a fermented vegetable drink that is easy to make and loaded with probiotics. Learn...

Pages