If you loved growing pumpkins this year, why not try to save the seeds and grow them again next year? Instead of buying more, you can attempt to re-create this year’s bounty. The straight-forward process will be even more successful with some pro tips. Plant biologist Emily Estep shares all you need to know about saving pumpkin seeds for next year.
Brrr! Winter is coming and so is the first frost. You still have vegetables and herbs in your raised bed garden and you want to help them through the cold spells. Fortunately, there are several tricks you can use to protect your plants from being frozen by the first frost.
Frogs are great garden helpers and give us valuable information about the health of the surrounding environment. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to uncover the advantages of attracting these amphibians and some tips on making it happen.
Our container garden specimens are often too valuable to sacrifice to winter extremes. To get creative on preserving your favorites, employ crafty measures of insulated overwintering. Streamlined techniques using household and natural materials offer winter protection and may even promote an earlier spring reemergence. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores ways to enhance insulation for overwintering success.
If you're a warm climate gardener in Zones 8 and higher, you can plant sweet peas in the fall for gorgeous blooms in winter and spring. North Florida gardener Melissa Strauss shares her method for growing swoon-worthy sweet peas in autumn.
Feeling fed up with battling invasive plants year after year? Gardening enthusiast and biologist Lindsay Miller shares the scoop on the top 11 invasive plants you need to deal with this fall to keep your garden healthy and flourishing next season.
Tiny, red cranberries are delicious! They make sweet but tart jams, jellies, and juices. Learn how to grow them yourself so you’ll never have to buy them again. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant to bring cranberries into your home garden this season.
First frosts are never welcome! If you’re like me, you’re trying to hang onto summer weather before freezing winter arrives. Frost threatens tender crops and wildflowers while they grow. With some protection, your garden can continue performing through autumn. See how to protect your plants when they need it most with Pacific Northwest gardener Jerad Bryant.
Goth lovers unite! The garden is the perfect place to throw a spooky get-together for you and your goth friends. Plant any of these 41 species to add eerie colors and haunting shapes to your landscape. With trees, shrubs, vegetables, and perennials on this list, there’s sure to be a perfect plant for you. Discover these dramatic, gothic species alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.
Just in time for Halloween, let’s revel in illuminated novelties that set the garden a-glow. Sure to charm fairies and budding scientists, too, gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores the modern marvels of plants with glowing qualities.
It's pumpkin time, and we have some fun and unique varieties for you to look for this year. Pumpkins come in many shapes, colors, and sizes. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has some exciting types to check out, and see if you can find them at your local pumpkin patch!
Raised beds don’t need to be complicated or expensive. If you are lacking tools or construction skills, this simple 3-Minute Raised Bed could revolutionize your garden with minimal effort. Garden expert Logan Hailey explains the fastest steps to set up this all-in-one kit without any tools or previous experience!