Your pumpkins may look ripe and ready to harvest, but should you pick them just yet? Leaving your vegetables on their vines has surprising benefits, like boosting flavor and making storage easier. Learn how long you can leave your ripening pumpkins in the field alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.
Planting a pollinator garden with kids is a delightful way to introduce them to the wonders of nature and the crucial role that birds, bats, butterflies, moths, and bees play in our ecosystem. Lindsay Miller, gardening expert and mom, shares her best advice for planting a pollinator garden with kids.
It’s fall, and your lawn needs some love! Give it the care it needs with these seven techniques. Some involve the things you already have in your garden, while others require some tools. Join longtime landscaper Jerad Bryant in discovering the easiest ways to keep your grass green, alive, and strong.
Fall is crunch time for many pollinators, a time to stock up or fatten up for winter. Many flowers are still blooming to help them get the job done. Join beekeeper Melissa Strauss in discovering what flowers you can plant to keep the bees and butterflies busy.
Fall is a time for refreshing the garden as the cool season begins. But use a light hand—an overabundance of maintenance this time of year detracts from the diverse ecological foundation you’ve created. Autumn naturally provides a wealth of resources to utilize for the good of the future garden and to see it through winter. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in the merits of well-founded (well-deserved) less fall cleanup.
Every day, the Earth loses more of its wild places. This begs the question: as the wild places dwindle, where do the wild things go? Join beekeeper Melissa Strauss in discovering ways to create new spaces for wildlife in your garden.
As summer heat wanes and fall temperatures arrive, you’ll want your garden to look its best. Some easy maintenance this season will ensure it looks spectacular from autumn through spring. Follow these nine easy steps from seasoned gardener Jerad Bryant to refresh your space with more plants, animals, and flowers.
September is a wonderful time to get back out into the garden and do some maintenance work. The transition between summer and fall brings a new phase of growth and dormancy. Join Melissa Strauss in taking on freshening things up and preparing the garden for winter
Pumpkins are generally considered heavy feeders, benefitting from additional nutrients throughout the season to perform their best. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains when and how to fertilize pumpkins for the best results.
One of the most remarkable aspects of gardening is that each one is different from the next, suited to gardeners’ needs, tastes, aesthetics, climate, and general style. The same goes for how people water their gardens. Some of us prefer the old-school spray guns, others use drip irrigation, while some save rainwater and repurpose it to water their plants. If you’re wondering which style is best for irrigation, join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she discusses the differences between shallow and deep watering.
Have you been hearing about various ways to use hydrogen peroxide in the garden? You may be surprised to learn that, more often than not, it’s not actually that effective or affordable. There are better, cheaper DIY methods. Plant biologist Emily Estep will explain the right way to use hydrogen peroxide in the garden, revealing superior techniques.
For the newbie gardener, there are lots of garden terms to come to terms with. Have you ever wondered what makes a perennial a perennial? And what makes an annual an annual? And what in the world are biennials and ephemerals!? Garden expert Christina Conner breaks down what each of these terms means and what some common examples of each.