How-To
-
How-ToTips for Starting Annual Seeds Indoors Successfully
While growing plants from seed is less expensive, it does require extra steps when compared to growing plants or starts from your local garden center. 1. Buy seeds from a…
-
How-ToTips for Growing Cacti and Succulents in Cold Zones
While these plants can take the cold, they may need special care to thrive in certain environments. Follow these guidelines to ensure that your hardy cacti and succulents last for…
-
DesignHow to Use the Science of Plant Survival Strategies for a Healthier Garden
The biggest epiphany of my horticultural career was learning about plant survival strategies. Like most gardeners, I was accustomed to classifying plants as annuals, biennials, or perennials. But dividing them…
-
DesignHow to Build a Stylish Dry Creek Bed
Stormwater runoff, and the damage it can leave behind, has become a seemingly unmanageable problem for gardeners from coast to coast. The perfect mix of unpredictable and changing weather patterns, urban…
-
DesignPraise for Perennial Evergreens | Letter from the Editor
If you live in a place that gets a fair amount of snow, is it important to have evergreen perennials? For many years we have debated this question around our…
-
Design12 of the Best, Most Reputable Nature and Gardening Apps
We live in an era when technology largely rules the roost. At every turn we’re bombarded by new electronic devices, apps, and functionality intended to make our lives better, or…
-
How-ToWinter Herb Gardening: Easy Herbs to Grow in a Cold Frame
Cold frames are a great way to get a jump-start on or extend the gardening season. An easy way to get started with cold-frame growing is to put it to…
-
How-ToHow to Grow Rosemary in the Southeast
I read recently that ancient Greece–inspired and Mediterranean décor was the next big thing in interior design. Perhaps many of you will feel inspired to add a marble bust to…
-
DesignHow to Plant Minor Bulbs for Major Impact
After a long winter nothing brings more joy than seeing the first signs of spring. With a little planning and patience, you can amplify and enhance this feeling of delight…
-
How-ToHow to Make Birdhouses Out of Gourds
Birdhouses are a great way to support birds, but did you know you can make a birdhouse from an autumn gourd? It’s simple and easy. Supplies needed A large gourd…
Fine Gardening Magazine
