Gardening Fundamentals

People often ask for help growing carrots, parsnips, lettuce, and other small-seeded plants.  Most of us are stuck with hard, often heavy clay soil, and even getting the tiny...

Follow the world-renowned Dr. Jacob Mittleider's sure-fire techniques to enjoy the best garden you've ever had. With these gardening methods, even a child can grow a great garden,...

Vermicomposting - composting with worms - is an ideal way to turn kitchen waste into nutritious compost for the garden. And you can vermicompost even if you don't have a garden!...

The cold weather of winter brings an end to lots of tasks in the garden, but it doesn't have to mean an end to composting. With a little bit of preparation, you can still turn...

Dozens of kinds of water features for you backyard garden are available. We will start with how to build the simplest and least expensive water feature that will bring you compliments...

To make the most of what we buy and improve the condition of the planet is important to nearly everyone. As a result, it is almost always better to reuse something or recycle it...

Many gardeners focus on building their garden to a peak in midsummer, leaving a boring, bare garden in the winter. It's easy to forget about the winter with the excitement and...

Although my business is growing and selling flowers for fresh cut bouquets for the lovely folks of Germantown and Westminster Maryland, my customers frequently ask me a wide...

Add pale coloured blooms to your garden, and see them glow in the moonlight.

Here's how to stop cats from digging in your flower beds and leaving "presents" for you to find.