Getting your garden ready for fall and winter is key to ensuring healthy soil and a strong start next spring. To prepare your garden, you should clean up dead plants, add compost or organic matter, ...
As busy as the spring gardening season is, so also is fall gardening a busy time. There is clearly more to do in spring because of more planting, but many spring activities are also fall activities.
For the birds that have brought life and song to your backyard this past summer, the transition to fall is a season of urgency. Migratory species are fueling up for long journeys, while resident birds ...
Gardeners are encouraged to compost leaves this fall to improve soil health. With plenty of leaves, grass clippings and garden debris available, residents can create compost piles that benefit the ...
WASHINGTON — Fall might mean colorful leaves and cooler temps, but it’s also prime time to give your lawn a little love before winter sets in. If your grass took a beating this summer from heat, ...
This November, you can make fall floral centerpieces and get a head-start on the holidays with wreath-making classes. Throughout the Lancaster County region, there are hands-on classes and meet-ups ...
Garden spiders are beneficial insects that feed on common garden pests like aphids and mosquitoes. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Do you have a gardening question? The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara ...
If your grass has been watered enough in the drought and water-use restrictions to produce a relatively compact and green lawn, now is the time to fertilize it. A winterizer product with a 3-1-2 ...
Fall is officially here, and front porches everywhere are being primed for the season. There are endless ways to transform your porch into an autumnal paradise, from harvest-themed assortments ...
Dear Master Gardener: I’ve seen pictures using Annabelle Hydrangea flowers to decorate wreaths and Christmas trees and I was wondering how to dry them so I can use them to decorate for Christmas?
Avoid impulse plant buying and create a beautiful garden with these strategic tips for planning your purchases.
In fall the Instagram feeds of many of our favorite gardeners, quite understandably, start to wither or move indoors. Not so that of Dutch garden designer Frank Heijligers. Indeed, much like the dames ...