Everyone loves a warm summer day, but if the temperatures climb too high, that summer heat can become miserable, or in some cases, dangerous. Here are fast and simple ways to help beat the heat when ...

Have you seen the GreenStalk vertical gardening system? Let's put mine together and discuss first impressions.

But if it stays hot for too long, the plant has no choice but to start making sacrifices to stay alive, and the first thing ...

If you have lupines planted in your front yard and see a stranger walking up and down the street every hour gawking at them, rest assured, I mean no harm. It’s me. I’m that stranger, and I can’t help ...

Here's what you need to know when you find curling leaves on your tomato plants this summer. The first thing to do is not ...

Too often, we blame tiny, misshapen strawberries on not enough fertilizer or bad weather, when the real culprit is poor pollination.

A few years ago, I opened an article on iris care by stating that “I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who actually bought irises to plant in their garden.” Simply because irises are so prolific that ...

Beans, beans, the musical fruit. The more you eat ‘em the more you…erm, sorry. Childhood nonsense is getting the best of me. But I do love beans! String beans, snap beans, green beans, dried beans, ...

Sometimes, I like to do counterintuitive things in the garden. I let the buttercups grow unplucked because they’re generous food sources for early pollinators. I cherish the moss between the pavers ...