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Find Luck with Legumes

All you need to know to grow delicious peas and snap beans

REALLY GOOD ROSES

The latest cultivars to prove themselves in nationwide trials

Unbridled COLOR Combos

PAIR A BRIGHT-LEAVED MAIN CHARACTER WITH EQUALLY BOLD COMPANIONS FOR LASTING DRAMA IN THE GARDEN

TANGLING WITH VINES

I'M GUESSING that vines, pound for pound, produce the highest ratio of leaf surface per support structure of any terrestrial plant.

A LIVELY LANDSCAPE

Historic garden cemeteries, such as Rhode Island's Swan Point, can delight a visiting plant lover

HEADING NORTH

AS WINTERS TREND WARMER, NORTHERN GARDENERS CAN TURN TO THESE PROMISING SOUTHERN NATIVES

SAY HELLO TO HELICONIAS

Tired of the same ol' cannas or dahlias in your summer garden scheme? It's time to get acquainted with heliconias

GARDEN GOAL: MORE SPRING BULBS

Take these five steps now to ensure a better bulb display next spring

SOUTHERN COMFORTS

A look at the woody plants and perennial wildflowers that make Ecoregion 8 sing with life

BUDBURST

Gardeners can help scientists understand plants' responses to climate change

BOBBY WARD A scholar of plants and plantspeople

BOBBY WARD IS ONE of the most respected names in the world of horticulture.

PENSTEMONS ARE PERFECTION

THIS NORTH AMERICAN GENUS OFFERS INTRIGUING FLOWERS ON DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS

WHICH shade PERENNIAL IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

Hosta is a shade gardener’s best friend. With thousands of cultivars to choose from in a wide range of sizes, shapes and foliage colors, it offers endless ways to keep your borders fresh and exciting.

Drought - Tolerant Beauty

Faced with hot, dry summers, this gardener has created a resilient garden filled with tough plants.

Viburnum

This versatile group of shrubs has year-round garden appeal. Which one is right for your garden?

8 Solutions for Spring Garden Problems

Spring is full of anticipation and hope for a successful garden season.

Spring Ephemerals to Treasure in the Garden

When you walk through the woods in early spring before the trees leaf out, you may be delighted to see lovely wildflowers blooming before anything else is even up and growing.

How Many Hydrangeas Are Too Many Hydrangeas?

Since I was a teenager and read Summer Since Sisters by Judy Blume for the first time, I have wanted to vacation on Martha's Vineyard.

Annual eranium

Bold blooms and fancy foliage keep your garden filled with color from planting to frost.

POWDERY MILDEW

Learn how to identify, control and prevent this common fungal disease.

THE BIG HAUL

WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS, HEAVY LIFTING IN THE GARDEN GETS A LOT EASIER. THESE ARE OUR FAVORITES!

GARDEN ESSENTIALS ELEVATE YOUR GARDEN WITH RAISED BEDS.

ELEVATE YOUR GARDEN WITH RAISED BEDS.

Get LOW in Spring

There comes a time when we all just want to start planting in our gardens again, and a low tunnel provides an earlier-is-better option.

Making Bucks from Clucks

These five reasons might be why you're losing money on your chickens.

Soil Testing

Whether you are new to farming altogether or you are leasing your farmland to a producer who is unfamiliar with the practice, becoming knowledgeable about the acts of soil testing and them applying recommended soil amendments based on soil test results provides tremendous advantages to the soil, plants, and your pocketbook.

Small-But-Mighty Hot Peppers

You don’t have to have a lot of garden space or an especially long growing season to succeed with hot peppers.

Laying AN EGG

Maintaining correct male-to-female ratios and keeping flocks of younger breeding fowl will help ensure higher fertility and hatching rates.

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Small-But-Mighty Hot Peppers

Seed-Starting Soil Temps

Don't miss out on growing time by focusing only on the air temperature.

FORAGE FOR FOWL

Consider these three cool-season forages as you plant your pasture with free-range poultry in mind.