Discover how to grow basil from cuttings taken from store-bought herbs, for a sustainable way to cultivate basil and enjoy ...

Winter gardening typically involves keeping your yard tidy and pruning any dormant plants. However, these colder months are actually an ideal time to propagate certain shrubs and trees. Instead of ...

Want to keep tender herbs, annuals, and veggies alive through winter, but don’t have a lot of space indoors for growing plants? Taking cuttings of your favorite plants in fall and rooting them either ...

Even though the weather seems like it is the same every day, things are changing outside. Our days have been getting shorter and our nights longer since June. We don’t notice it because we have ...

Have you ever been frustrated when trying to propagate your favorite plants, that some of the little cuttings seem to brown off and die while others do just fine? The reality is that you're working ...

Cultivate your own berry patch.

Water gardens early morning to prevent fungal diseases and ensure thorough soil drenching. Use mulch to conserve moisture and ...

One early spring many years ago, I brought home a straggly, mostly-green coleus plant labeled purple ducksfoot. My son, a teenager at the time, took one look and asked, “Why would anyone want that?” ...