Gardening Techniques

Pruning is an essential gardening chore that is best done in late winter for most trees and many shrubs and bushes to keep them well-shaped, healthy and productive.

Dec 1, 2009 - Chaz Iannazzo

As well as the aesthetic appeal of green roofs there are many environmental benefits to be gained by creating a living roof on garden sheds, garages and summerhouses.

Nov 23, 2009 - David Haigh

Vines add beauty to the garden design, give the gardener fast coverage for privacy and quickly envelop a bare fence.

Nov 18, 2009 - Lorraine Syratt

Not all potting soils are created equal. There are many good reasons to have just the right ingredients for the health of your container plants.

Nov 16, 2009 - Michael Vyskocil

Every homeowner should take steps to kill crab grass in order to maintain a beautiful lawn. Herbicides are a simple way to kill the weed and prevent its recurrence.

Nov 5, 2009 - Candice Gillingwater

Raising trees and shrubs from seed is an investment in the future which requires patience and often involves using special treatments to aid germination.

Nov 4, 2009 - David Haigh

Yards and gardens produce bags of grass clippings, mounds of leaves and buckets of spent flower blooms. Turn this organic garbage into a usable product for the landscape.

Nov 1, 2009 - Michael Vyskocil

Properly winterizing a garden will prepare it for cold weather and snow, and lessen the amount of repairing and replanting that needs to be done in the spring.

Oct 8, 2009 - Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Landscape plants are expensive, and gardeners will do most anything to assure their plants survive. Placing and maintaining mulch around plant roots is cheap insurance.

Oct 5, 2009 - Richard Freeland

Propagating plants can be for a variety of reasons; for personal pleasure or to make money. Either way, it can be a rewarding pastime.

Oct 2, 2009 - Jane Finch

Learn how to mask an unsightly chain link fence by turning it into a functional and attractive trellis.

Sep 23, 2009 - Sarah Smith

Using organic lime on lawns and gardens restores the beauty that Mother Nature occasionally needs. The earth needs balance to look young, fresh, and be productive.

Sep 13, 2009 - Beverly Bright

The best, easy-to-care-for Florida gardens use plants native to Florida. Florida gardening is complicated due to sandy soil, a very wet rainy reason and very dry winter

Sep 13, 2009 - Mia Carter

A visitor's first impression of a garden comes through the sense of sight. But well-designed landscapes often offer more than eye candy - they engage all the senses.

Sep 9, 2009 - Richard Freeland

Fall is a great time for gardening in Texas with pleasant temperatures and rain. Fall is the time to take care of plants and lawns to ensure a healthy new year.

Sep 2, 2009 - Barbara Brown

Landscape stone is a beautiful way to accent a garden bed, but weeds can be a problem.

Aug 5, 2009 - Deborah Aldridge

A common problem facing the owner of a small garden is how to achieve the best effects from limited space.

Aug 3, 2009 - Ian Dutton

Rain Gardens lower landscape maintenance time and costs while filtering and infiltrating water to improve water quality.

Jul 23, 2009 - Sara E. Lewis

So, you're in the South now and you did as all good Southerners do--you planted your first hydrangea.

Jun 22, 2009 - Cinthia Milner

Gardeners can benefit from the following measures to conserve the earth's most valuable resource, save money, and comply with community water-use restrictions.

May 29, 2009 - Sally Bunch

Gardening at altitudes above 6500' is challenging, but with a little effort and proper plant selection, the rewards can be spectacular and unique.

May 28, 2009 - Sarah Shaw

Many factors affect the health of landscape plants, but one of the most confusing is light intensity - the amount of sun or shade a plant needs for optimum vigor.

May 26, 2009 - Richard Freeland

Sometimes runoff water from impervious surfaces will concentrate and cause erosion problems. Rain gardens harvest this water, filter pollutants, and prevent erosion.

May 20, 2009 - Richard Freeland

Our desire to have a lush, thick lawn is often short-lived once dandelions emerge in early May, dotting the once-green landscape with nickel-sized yellow flowers.

May 9, 2009 - John Hogan

Japanese gardening can be a beautiful hobby and a natural art form. Find out how you can begin to enjoy the beauty of a Japanese Garden.

Apr 12, 2009 - Melissa Slate