Here are seven essential things you need to know before you plan a garden to keep your garden productive and easy to maintain. Through plenty of trial and error over the last 15 years, I’ve learned ...

This is a good time to check your houseplants for pests and some trees and shrubs are ready for pruning. See what else you can do while waiting to get into the garden.

Spring is nearly here, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve already started romanticizing your future as a graceful, sun-hatted gardening god or goddess. You picture yourself effortlessly ...

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"Each state’s Extension service will likely have a gardening calendar available on their website for activities people can be thinking about at any given week in the year," Boyer said.

The USDA divides the United States into seven planting regions, known as hardiness zones, which were most recently updated in 2023. The maps below show these planting regions. Need a break?

As we creep toward spring, many gardeners begin to get the urge to get out in the garden. Seed starting and garden planning activities are well underway. One gardening technique that many gardeners ...

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