Tending to the small spot now can help prevent more extensive spread. Homeowner met with warnings after discovering 'sneaky' ...

What Are Seed Potatoes? Seed potatoes are potatoes that were specially grown for planting. Unlike the potatoes you buy for cooking, seed potatoes have not been treated with a grow ...

Give your garden a head start by starting your seeds indoors. When your last frost date rolls around, you'll have seedlings ...

Propagating and growing young fruit trees can take years, but there's another option that yields results quickly.

All kinds of tasty fruit can be grown in containers in small spaces, from dwarf citrus to cherries, apples, pomegranates, ...

Pillbugs and sowbugs can become a real nuisance in your garden, but luckily you have options when it comes to preventing an ...

In last week’s column we looked at some projects that can improve habitat for all wildlife and attract more wild turkeys to a ...

Why is ground elder a problem weed? Although is an excellent ground-cover plant, the horizontal roots of ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) grow up to a metre a year, allowing it to spread and ...

Use sticks or posts to keep the cover off the plants ... placed in the ground may not be hardy enough to withstand long periods of freezing temperatures. Ornamental shrubs and small trees may ...

How to grow: sow 2-3 seeds thinly per small individual pot using peat-free seed compost. Cover seeds to their own depth with vermiculite and ... and harden off to acclimatise them to outside ...

One plant that gets along excellently with roses is red creeping thyme (Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'). Red creeping thyme is a perennial herb, which unlike culinary thyme, is not usually eaten. Creeping ...