Flowers make you happy. And picking flowers from your own garden is a special joy. To help make this more achievable, even in ...

Tall and slender or short and bushy, rubber plants, Ficus elastica, enhance the tropical ambience of any indoor garden. These ...

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Plants can't retreat to inside, and during times of extreme cold, like this recent cold snap, we may find ourselves wondering ...

When using coffee grounds for your plants, it is best to use the ones left over after brewing coffee. Most plants thrive in a ...

Big, hairy and troublesome rats scuttling across the garden would startle anybody, but there is a humane way to deter the ...

• Before the heat and dry air of spring and summer, update your irrigation system to in-line drip, flexible tubing with ...

Pantone's color of the year is always eagerly awaited by fashion and home design enthusiasts, but this yearly trend can also ...

Hydrangeas are beloved for their large, rounded clusters of brightly colored flowers. Commonly found in shades of blue, ...

What does the new EPA warning about PFAS-laden sludge in fertilizer mean for home gardeners? Here’s what you need to know.

Why start vegetable seeds indoors before spring? While I love the seasons in New England, our winters make it hard for ...

"As the days get shorter in the fall and temperatures begin to cool, plants begin to prepare themselves for winter by hardening themselves." ...