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Home cooks unite! These herbs are perfect for pushing your dishes from amateur to professional status. They add flavor, texture, and pungent spice. Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant and discover these 11 herbs perfect for low-light winter kitchens.
Powdery mildew is incredibly common! If you’re seeing it in your garden, you’re not alone. It’s annoying, but it’s rarely debilitating. Your maple tree will rebound next spring. Learn how to get rid of powdery mildew for good with native plant gardener Jerad Bryant.
September and the start of fall mark a turn toward cool-season planting, new garden additions, and mellow days outside. Basic garden cleanup this month ensures healthy plants and soils as we enjoy the final flush of growth ahead of cold weather. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores September garden cleanup and perennials that benefit from cutback this month.
I love sedums! They fill the late-season garden with bright blooms and succulent leaves. The only downside is their tendency to flop when the blooms get heavy. Don’t worry, as these seven tricks will help you keep the stems upright.
Fall’s heirloom vegetables represent the season’s bounty and bring exceptional flavor. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring cool-season crops, rich in heritage, for reliable performance and hearty yields.
Gardens need nutrients to thrive, but when’s the right time to fertilize? Though spring is generally the best season for feeding, you can fertilize your plants in the fall, with a few exceptions. Learn what your garden really needs now with seasoned grower and former landscaper Jerad Bryant.
To seamlessly weave the garden into daily life, take cues from an Italian nonna. The favorite grandmothers know what to grow, how to grow it, and what to do with the yield. For access to the most flavorful, freshest food, there’s much to learn. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in how to incorporate lessons from the Italian orto into our own kitchen gardens.
Fall is an important time to support wildlife in the garden. As insects and animals forage to store food for the winter, there are many ways to help them find what they need. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares some tips for rewilding your fall garden to support your local ecosystem.
For a quick turnaround now before heavy frost, we rely on fast-growing vegetables to fill the seasonal transition. Adaptable, they germinate in warm conditions and develop as the weather cools, even tolerating light frost. Garden expert Katherine Rowe outlines speedy crops to sow now for a nutritious bounty before cold weather.
After your berry plants are done producing fruit, providing the proper fall care helps prepare them for the next year. Farmer Briana Yablonski shares how to prune your berry plants in the fall.
It’s never too late to grow vegetables! Fall crops, indoor seed starting, and container gardening are great ways to beat the seasons, whether you have an apartment balcony or a small window. Try one of these seven vegetable combinations that work perfectly in containers, from seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.
Native trees, from stately giants to smaller-scale specimens, bring all-season landscape appeal. Their intrinsic and ecological value add to our garden diversity, and their adaptability grants them strong performance tailored ot our growing areas. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores native trees to plant in September for healthy roots leading into winter.