When it comes to giving your plants their best chance to thrive, there are a lot of ways to both improve soil quality and ...

Did you know that you don't have to throw away all the fallen leaves in your yard? Leaves are a valuable source of nutrients ...

The right amount of calcium in the soil can help plants grow healthy and strong. Test your soil first to determine how much ...

Gavin Lerch's family property was once planted with sugar cane. Today it thrives as a 7-year-old macadamia orchard on tough grey-clay soil.The farm ...

Move the vulnerable plants to slightly more shaded areas and replace them with plants known to shrug off drought without watering. Echinops, eryngium, hylotelephium (Sedum), lavender, nepeta and ...

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Winemaker Madeleine Marson and her father Mario believe that healthy soil is the foundation of great wine. Their philosophy is simple: what you put ...

Winter can be hard on roses, and preparing them for cold weather should begin in late summer. Overwinter your rose indoors or ...

For years I have been a cheerleader for composting. All those kitchen scraps, all of the debris that’s cleaned out of gardens ...

"Gardening doesn’t have to be that complicated." Gardener shares brilliant hack for heavy bags of soil and compost: 'This is genius' first appeared on The Cool Down.

If your yard is "under-bulbed" and slow to show early-spring color, have a look at these 10 flower bulbs that are best ...

Planting bare-root roses in autumn is the secret to beautiful blooms next year. An easy (and cheaper) alternative to potted ...