Simply rake or blow fallen leaves into a pile and secure them with a wire cage or weighted piece of plastic to keep the ...

Hold off on pruning. Winter is a good time to prune a deciduous tree or shrub, but not an evergreen. Because the plant isn’t dormant, pruning in winter can stimulate new growth, prompting soft new ...

As the holiday season approaches, there’s no better time to tackle serious fall cleaning. Decluttering your home creates a ...

Gardening is one of the most enjoyable ways to be eco-friendly. 5 yard and garden mistakes that will waste your time and ...

By comparison, Ontario grown garlic will cost around $1.50 a bulb. But dollar for dollar, local garlic is a better deal, with ...

WHEN you think of gardening – a naked bum isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind. But every two years, a whole ...

So it’s now dark at 5pm - long gone are the warm evenings of July and August when I would be in the allotment, greenhouse and ...

Soil is the foundation of a healthy garden, but let’s be honest, most gardeners don’t like spending time, energy and money on ...

Students at Penn State Abington participated in planting trees on campus, in collaboration with Professor Shelly Grinar. The ...

You can plant many seeds together using this method because you’ll transplant early. Place one label inside with the seed ...

Clean root vegetable plots and mulch with a five-cm layer of garden soil to protect the carrot, beet, parsnip and winter ...

There’s a humorous old saying variously attributed to originate to China or The Netherlands and it goes something like this: ...