5 things to do in the garden this week: 1. This is prime time for planting your fall vegetable garden. Plant the following vegetables from seed: bulb onions, shallots, leeks, chives, garlic, peas, ...

Best bets for ground covers to brighten up any shady area. If you have a shady spot in your garden, you know how difficult it is to choose plants that will thrive, especially when it comes to ground ...

Naked ground is never a good thing for a vegetable garden. As the growing season winds down and spent plants are pulled up, there is more and more open space in our garden. Leaving bare ground at any ...

I was at the pool last week and talked to a lady whom I had met not that long ago. Seems that she has been trying to have a clean garden. Her effort and her husband’s efforts have not been enough to ...

Key Points Covering garden beds in winter protects against frost damage or soil erosion.The best time to cover beds is after the ground freezes but before heavy snow.Lightweight mulch such as shredded ...

Fruits. Consider planting a q (Cydonia bologna). The quince is a pome fruit, sharing that classification with apple and pear, ...

Vegetable gardening in 95-degree heat and unrelenting humidity all summer is not for the faint of heart. To top off the sweltering conditions, here in the Panhandle we have intense pest pressure on ...

Things in the garden are slowing down before Christmas, but there are still some fantastic vegetables to plant in December ...