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Watering your hanging baskets properly in summer is an absolute must, and the process is a little different than your regular garden routine. A few days of mistakes, and your plants could be toast. Gardening enthusiast Emily Estep will tell you all you need to know about watering hanging baskets for flourishing flowers and foliage.
Nature has a way of bringing the cool season just in time to relieve a fading summer garden. Autumn brings a flush of fresh growth and flowering and an opportunity to extend the display with cool-season blooms. Many gardeners can start planting their shoulder-season blooms in late summer to establish before heavy frost. Enjoy a burst of warm color on upcoming chilly days by starting cool-season selections now. Explore timely seasonal growers with garden expert Katherine Rowe.
Cool-season flowers play a special role as the peak growing season winds down in autumn or ramps up in spring. They are the entertainers who fill display gaps while much of the garden takes intermission. Rely on bloomers that thrive in cool conditions for extended appeal. Join gardener Katherine Rowe in exploring when to plant cool flowers.
‘Music’ hardneck garlic is a crescendo of flavor in the summer garlic scene. The robust cloves - in size and flavor- bring a punch of spice followed by sweet notes in classic flavor. This culinary favorite is adaptable and easy to grow. Explore how to grow ‘Music’ with gardener Katherine Rowe.
Invite wildlife back into your backyard using these simple steps! Whether you’ve got a balcony or an acre, these tips help growers bring native plants and animals back into our ecosystems. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant in rewilding the most common space, our homes.
Looking for an organic fertilizer that’s high in phosphorus? Then check out seabird guano. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn more about this fertilizer and how to use it in the garden.
If you have alkaline soils with a high pH, plants face the challenge of a lack of accessible nutrients. Amending with garden sulfur is an easy way to work towards optimal pH levels. If you hope to grow healthier ornamentals and edibles or encourage those bluest of blue hydrangea blooms, explore sulfur as an amendment with garden expert Katherine Rowe.
Are you a beginner gardener looking for perennials that don’t require a green thumb in order to flourish? Or perhaps you’re a pro, searching for plants that you can set and forget? Bulletproof perennials that return year after year with little effort are the answer. Gardening enthusiast Emily Estep walks you through a list of perennials that are nearly invincible.
Are you overwhelmed every time you browse through fertilizers? Then join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn about the different types of plant nutrients and how to select the proper fertilzer for your garden.
If you’re not careful, bacterial- and fungal-borne diseases can infect and destroy your watermelon plants. While some diseases are more damaging than others, they can all affect fruit. Plant biologist Emily Estep lists seven watermelon diseases, explaining how to identify them, how to treat them, and how to prevent them in the first place.
With so many crops ripening now in the summer garden, knowing indicators of peak flavor for each makes the harvest worthwhile. Many crops are tasty and viable at various growth stages, while others feature a prime window for picking. Get the most out of your fruits and vegetables with indicators of ripeness with garden expert Katherine Rowe.
Do DIY fungicides actually work? Garden expert Katherine Rowe explains how to fight fungal pathogens with easy homemade fungal sprays.