If you planted a fruit tree or ornamental this year, or you’ve got one that’s still got smooth, thin bark,…
If you’ve ever bought an amaryllis kit in December hoping for a holiday centerpiece and gotten nothing but a sad…
Halloween is five days out, which means in less than a week you’re going to have a slowly collapsing pumpkin…
Every October, millions of homeowners spend a Saturday wrestling leaves into bags, hauling them to the curb, and paying (with…
If you planted a fruit tree or ornamental this year, or you’ve got one that’s still got smooth, thin bark, November is when you need to stop admiring it and start wrapping it. Sunscald and frost cracking are two of the quietest tree killers out there, and they happen to perfectly healthy trees that nobody…
If you’ve ever bought an amaryllis kit in December hoping for a holiday centerpiece and gotten nothing but a sad green stalk by New Year’s, the problem wasn’t the bulb. It was the calendar. Amaryllis need six to eight weeks from planting to bloom, which means the first week of November is actually prime time…
Halloween is five days out, which means in less than a week you’re going to have a slowly collapsing pumpkin sitting on your porch wondering what its purpose was for. Most people just haul it to the curb with the trash once it starts looking sad. That’s a waste — literally. A carved pumpkin is…
Every October, millions of homeowners spend a Saturday wrestling leaves into bags, hauling them to the curb, and paying (with their tax dollars or their backs) to have them hauled away. Meanwhile, a few miles away, some gardener is quietly turning that exact same stuff into the best soil amendment money can’t buy. It’s called…
If there’s one task that quietly separates the gardeners who eat home-grown garlic next summer from the ones buying the sad papery bulbs at the grocery store, it’s this: mid-October, give or take a couple weeks depending on your zone, is go time for planting garlic. Not spring. Spring garlic planting is a consolation prize…
Every October, garden centers roll out their bulb displays and everyone rushes home to jam tulips in the ground the same weekend. I get it, there’s something satisfying about checking a task off the list. But if you plant too early, you’re setting yourself up for leggy, confused sprouts poking up before winter even arrives,…
