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  • Four Container Planting Ideas for Autumn
    Design

    Four Container Planting Ideas for Autumn

    These recipes hold up even as temperatures go down

  • spring bulbs in containers
    Design

    Planting Spring-Blooming Bulbs in Containers

    When I plant containers of bulbs in the fall, I’m thinking of the color and drama they will add to the following spring’s landscape. Not only will these planted pots…

  • containers used as elements in landscape design
    Design

    Using Containers as a Design Element

    Careful and considered placement can add a sense of coherence to a garden

  • How-To

    Planting Trees and Shrubs the Right Way

    Packaging determines how to put your new purchase in the ground

  • How-To

    How to Grow Tomatoes in Containers

    When my husband retired from the Navy and we set about gardening on Florida’s panhandle, tomatoes were high on our list of things to grow. We tried valiantly to rise…

  • Article

    Planting Garlic

    We're pretty sure that once you taste homegrown garlic, you'll never again be satisfied with the mass-produced commercial varieties found in supermarkets. And garlic is ridiculously easy to grow. In…

  • Strawberry Jar filled with plants
    How-To

    How to Plant a Strawberry Jar

    We love strawberry jars. They look great in the garden or along a path, and nothing beats a fresh strawberry. But it can be challenging to keep the soil in…

  • How-To

    How to Plant Peonies

    Peonies are among the most beloved herbaceous plants, but they can also be one of the most frustrating. It's not unusual for many gardeners to complain about their absence of…

  • How-To

    Planting Ornamentals (Bare Root)

    Planting the right way can be the difference in a plant's survival. All too often we quickly dig a hole, plop in the plant, then kick dirt around it. No…

  • How-To

    How to Plant a Balled-and-Burlapped Tree

    Planting the right way can be the difference in a plant's survival. All too often we quickly dig a hole, plop in the plant, then kick dirt around it. No…