One of the oldest and most time-tested methods of improving your flower and vegetable garden soil is to sow “cover crops.” Be it legumes, rye or vetch, a cover crop sown now will keep bare soil in ...

Even as the gardening year slowly folds in on itself, there remains a host of routine jobs that I’m hoping – fingers crossed ...

I recently received a bouquet that included some gerbera daisies. If there is one flower that everyone loves, it’s gerbera ...

The polyphagous shot-hole borer is about the size of a sesame seed, but if it finds a tree it likes it can rapidly multiply, ...

Chef Pasquale Presa's family harvests and sells Italian-raised olive oil and other products to stores across the Midwest.

As the crisp days of fall approach, one of the most elegant shrubs for East Texas gardens begins its showy display: the ...

Apricot trees can be a beautiful addition to your garden, so be sure to follow the necessary steps to grow one from seed -- ...

Knowing how to prune a pear tree is essential as December approaches. The colder weather is the perfect time to shape your ...

Southwest Virginia orchard owners have seen handfuls of autumn blossoms pop open in years past. But early blossoming is ...

It would appear that the pomegranate is among the healthiest health foods on earth.

Nyman also lumps in fruit trees and edibles into plants that should be pruned in winter: apple trees, grapevines, and rose ...

It's important to know how to care for your plants properly - according to one expert, there are a few species of plants that ...