Pears are gifts from the cool-season garden in their bells of fresh green, gold, bronze, and scarlet. With supreme juiciness and sweetness, the right selection brings easy care and exceptional texture and flavor. Whether you’re already growing the juicy rounds or getting inspiration, join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the best varieties to add to your edible landscape and autumnal display.
Apples are iconic fruit trees for home gardens, but they may see some diseases during their lifetime that threaten successful harvests. Learn how to prevent and treat these pathogens and they’ll be issues no more. Join backyard gardener Jerad Bryant in identifying and banishing these 9 common apple tree diseases.
Ornamental grasses are a wonderful way to add extra color and texture to your fall garden. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to learn about some beautiful varieties.
Parsnips are a cool-season staple and a sweet, easy-to-grow root that we should enjoy and grow more. As versatile as carrots, toss them in vegetable roasts and autumnal dishes to savor the season’s offerings. While relatively issue-free, we’ll explore common causes of parsnip problems and how best to prevent them for a healthy, flavorful harvest.
As the colder weather arrives, gardeners begin to wind down and put the garden to bed. But overwintering is a technique that keeps the season going. Horticultural expert Sarah Jay has tips on crops you can overwinter this year.
Whether you’re already seeing spotted lanternflies at home or anticipate that they may spread to your region soon, you’re probably wondering about these invasive pests. Exactly how detrimental are they to the garden? Are they dangerous? What do they look like, and how do I manage them? Plant biologist Emily Estep will give you all the basics on spotted lanternflies, including how to ID them during their multiple stages and how to manage them in the garden.
To brighten the border, create a little privacy, and elevate the bloom appeal in your landscape, now is the time to plan a hydrangea hedge. The blooming shrubs offer bold seasonal color, a leafy backdrop, and interest that persists into the cool season. For months of beauty and a stellar mass planting, explore how to create a hydrangea hedge with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
With a flavor that's both earthy and subtly sweet, rutabagas are as versatile in the kitchen as they are resilient in the garden. Gardener Lindsay Miller shares 5 quick tips for keeping these keeper crops plump and sweet.
What better way to embrace the full potential of your garden than growing root vegetables? These underground vegetables pack a delicious and nutritious punch. Join gardening expert Liessa Bowen on a tour of some familiar and some lesserknown root veggies you can grow in your own garden!
Often planted as an annual in a shade garden, tuberous begonias with their bright big rose-like flowers can also be used as a perennial. These types form underground tubers that can be lifted in the fall to store and are safe for growing in the following season. Find out how to overwinter your tuberous begonias for next year. Garden expert Wendy Moulton will take you through the steps to get it right.
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.
Are you looking for cool-weather greens that you can grow in fall, besides the usual spinach, lettuce, and kale? Enter turnip greens, the above-ground foliage portion of turnip plants. In addition to the root, you can enjoy these nutritious, peppery leaves. The process is a bit different, but gardening enthusiast Emily Estep has 9 tips for growing and harvesting the best turnip greens to get you started.